Integration of hydraulically induced microseismic event locations with active seismic attributes: A North Texas Barnett Shale case study

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Refunjol, Xavier E ^a   Keranen, Katie M ^a   Le Calvez, Joël H ^b   Marfurt, Kurt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributes; Impedance; Inversion; Microseismic

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FRACTURE; LOCATION; SHALE;

ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE; ATTRIBUTES; INVERSION; MICROSEISMIC; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; VOLUMETRIC CURVATURES; INVERSION RESULTS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SEISMIC CURVATURE;

SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE NETWORK; HOST ROCK; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INVERSE PROBLEM; MINERALOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; SHALE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861716973     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0032.1     Document Type: Article

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