Fracture mapping using seismic amplitude variation with offset and azimuth analysis at the Weyburn CO2 storage site

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Duxbury, Alexander ^a,b   White, Don ^c   Samson, Claire ^a   Hall, Stephen A ^d   Wookey, James ^e   Kendall, J Michael ^e  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fractures; Inversion; Modeling; Seismic attributes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON DIOXIDE; MODELS; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSETS; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; FRACTURE MAPPING; HORIZONTAL STRESS; INVERSION; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES;

FRACTURE;

AMPLITUDE; ANISOTROPY; CAP ROCK; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE ZONE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84870170477     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0075.1     Document Type: Article

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