Bottoms up karst: New 3-D seismic attributes shed light on the Ellenburger (Ordovician) carbonates in the Fort Worth Basin (north Texas, USA)

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 482-485

  Charlotte Sullivan, E ^a   Marfurt, Kurt J ^a   Ammerman, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Devon Energy   (United States)

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EID: 84955070302     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: 19494645     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1817958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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