Variogram Identification Aided by a Structural Framework for Improved Geometric Modeling of Faulted Reservoirs: Jeffara Basin, Southeastern Tunisia

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-161

  Chihi, Hayet ^a   Bedir, Mourad ^a   Belayouni, Habib ^b  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

architectural model; compartment; fault classification; Geophysics; reservoir; stationary nonstationary geostatistics; tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876427478     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-013-9201-0     Document Type: Article

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