Azimuthally anisotropic 3D velocity continuation

International Journal of Geophysics

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burnett, William ^a   Fomel, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALIA; BURNETT; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84871218817     PISSN: 1687885X     EISSN: 16878868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/484653     Document Type: Article

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