An improved method for hydrofracture-induced microseismic event detection and phase picking

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Song, Fuxian ^a   Kuleli, H Sadi ^a   Toksöz, M Nafi ^a   Ay, Erkan ^b   Zhang, Haijiang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATCHED FILTERS; MICROSEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTROGRAPHS;

DOWN-HOLE MONITORING; FALSE ALARM RATE; HYDRO-FRACTURE; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; PHASE PICKINGS; TIME AVERAGES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DETECTION METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MICROEARTHQUAKE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRANSFORM; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863116084     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3484716     Document Type: Article

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