Microseismic monitoring /

Over the past decade, microseismic monitoring, a technology developed for evaluating completions of wells drilled to produce hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoirs, has grown increasingly popular among oil and gas companies. Microseismic Monitoring, by Vladimir Grechka and Werner M. Heigl, disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Grechka, Vladimir (Author), Heigl, Werner M. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tulsa, Oklahoma : Society of Exploration Geophysicists, [2017]
Series:	Geophysical references ; no. 22.
Subjects:	Microseisms > Measurement. Seismology. Passive Microseismic Monitoring Unconventional reservoir Shale Hydraulic fracturing Hypocenter Focal mechanism Strike-slip Elastic Anisotropy Compressional wave Shear wave Traveltime Ray tracing
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Linear elasticity and wave propagation
3. Seismic sources
4. The medium
5. Event location
6. Moment tensor inversion
7. Case studies
8. Epilogue
A. Index-free notation.