Integration of crosswell seismic data for simulating porosity in a heterogeneous carbonate aquifer

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 254-264

  Emery, Xavier ^a,b   Parra, Jorge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosswell reflection; Data integration; Geological heterogeneity; Geostatistical simulation; Local anamorphosis; Non stationary modeling

Indexed keywords

CROSS-WELL; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; LOCAL ANAMORPHOSIS; NON-STATIONARY MODEL;

AQUIFERS; DATA INTEGRATION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; METADATA; PLASTIC FLOW; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WELL LOGGING;

POROSITY;

AQUIFER; CARBONATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOSTATISTICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; POROSITY; SEISMIC DATA; VISUALIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MARTIN COUNTY [FLORIDA]; UNITED STATES;

MAYACA;

EID: 84885057484     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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