Seismic fracture characterization : concepts and practical applications

• Main Authors: Liu, Enru, (Author), Martinez, Alex (Of ExxonMobil), (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Houten, The Netherlands : EAGE Publications, 2012.
• Subjects: Seismology.; Rock deformation.; Rock mechanics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789073834408; 9073834406; 9781680156997; 1680156993
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

During the last three decades, seismic anisotropy has evolved from a purely academic research topic into applications in the mainstream of applied geophysics. Today, nobody doubts that the earth is anisotropic and most (if not all) hydrocarbon reservoirs are anisotropic. Since shale accounts for 70%...