Seismic characterization of thin beds containing patchy carbon dioxide-brine distributions: A study based on numerical simulations

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  German Rubino J ^a   Velis, Danilo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; OFFSHORE GAS WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VELOCITY;

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; COMPRESSIONAL VELOCITIES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PRE-STACK SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SURFACE SEISMIC DATA; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW; WEAKLY CONSOLIDATED SANDSTONE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION; INVERSE PROBLEM; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; SLEIPNER FIELD;

EID: 84857348334     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3556120     Document Type: Article

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