Seismic characterization of hydrates in faulted, fine-grained sediments of Krishna-Godavari Basin: Full waveform inversion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Jaiswal, P ^a   Dewangan, P ^b   Ramprasad, T ^b   Zelt, C A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; DATA INVERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN;

EID: 84867837549     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009201     Document Type: Article

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