Viability of azimuthal variation in P-wave moveout for fracture detection

1997 SEG Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 1555-1558

  Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; SURVEYS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; DEPTH RATIO; FRACTURE DETECTION; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; LINEAR VARIATION; QUADRATIC VARIATIONS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

EID: 84863118852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1885715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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