Robust prestack Q-determination using surface seismic data: Part 2 - 3D case study

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Reine, Carl ^a,b   Clark, Roger ^a   Van Der Baan, Mirko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Case history; North America; Prestack; Reservoir characterization

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SURVEYS;

ATTENUATION; CASE HISTORY; NORTH AMERICA; PRESTACK; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA INVERSION; PRESTACK MIGRATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STACKING;

CANADA;

EID: 84857489968     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0074.1     Document Type: Article

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