A database approach for constraining stochastic simulations of the sedimentary heterogeneity of fluvial reservoirs

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2143-2166

  Colombera, Luca ^a,b   Felletti, Fabrizio ^b   Mountney, Nigel P ^a   McCaffrey, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES; DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; GEOMETRICAL INFORMATIONS; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRIX;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

DATABASE; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; PIXEL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 84869426056     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/04211211179     Document Type: Article

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