Permeability estimation conditioned to geophysical downhole log data in sandstones of the northern Galilee Basin, Queensland: Methods and application

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-51

  Jiang, Zhenjiao ^a   Schrank, Christoph ^a,b   Mariethoz, Gregoire ^c   Cox, Malcolm ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Cokriging; Geophysical logs; Normal linear regression; Permeability; Sedimentary basin

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; CO-KRIGING; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PERMEABILITY ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BOREHOLES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION; GEOPHYSICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SANDSTONE;

WELL LOGGING;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOREHOLE LOGGING; CORRELATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

AUSTRALIA; GALILEE BASIN; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84876708711     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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