Seismic impedance inversion and interpretation of a gas carbonate reservoir in the Alberta Foothills, western Canada

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 1460-1469

  Madiba, Gislain B ^a   McMechan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; CARBONATES; LIMESTONE; POROSITY; LIME; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

ELASTIC IMPEDANCE INVERSION; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; ELASTIC IMPEDANCE; GAS CARBONATES; MISSISSIPPIANS; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEISMIC IMPEDANCE; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

SEISMOLOGY; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

CARBONATE ROCK; GAS FIELD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MISSISSIPPIAN; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84995356812     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1620619     Document Type: Article

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