Bayesian hierarchical approach and geophysical data sets for estimation of reactive facies over plume scales

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4564-4584

  Wainwright, Haruko M ^a   Chen, Jinsong ^a   Sassen, Douglas S ^a,b   Hubbard, Susan S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; geophysical data integration; Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling; reactive facies; surface seismic data

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHAINS; GEOPHYSICS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LITHOLOGY; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; REACTIVE FACIES; SURFACE SEISMIC DATA;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84901734831     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013842     Document Type: Article

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