Moment tensor inversion of microseismic events from hydrofractures

1999 SEG Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Nolen Hoeksema, Richard C ^a   Ruff, Larry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GEOMETRY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; TENSORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE INFORMATION; DEVIATORIC COMPONENTS; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MINIMUM DATA SET; MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; PROPAGATION EFFECT; SINGLE BOREHOLES; WAVEFORM AMPLITUDES;

SHEAR WAVES;

EID: 85058376370     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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