and the uncertainty in reservoir size and properties is quantified. See also Linear seismic inversion Seismic to simulation Exploration geophysics Full waveform inversion Model inversion References Further reading Caulfield, C., Feroci, M., Yakiwchuk, K. "Seismic Inversion for Horizontal Well Planning in Western Saskatchewan", Evolving Geophysics Through Innovation, pp. 213–214. Chakrabarty, C., Fossey, J., Renard, G., Gadelle, C. "SAGD Process in the East Senlac Field: From Reservoir Characterization to Field Application", No. 1998.192. Contreras, A., Torres-Verdin, C., Chesters, W., Kvien, K., Globe, M., "Joint Stochastic Inversion of Petrophysical Logs and 3D Pre-Stack Seismic Data to Assess the Spatial Continuity of Fluid Units Away from Wells: Application to a Gulf-of-Mexico Deepwater Hydrocarbon Reservoir", SPWLA 46th Annual Logging Symposium, June 26–29, 2005. De Barros, Dietrich, M., "Full Waveform Inversion of Shot Gathers in Terms of Poro-elastic Parameters", EAGE, London, June 2007. Deutsch, C., Geostatistical Reservoir Modeling, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, 376 pages. Francis, A., "Limitations of Deterministic and Advantages of Stochastic Seismic Inversion", CSEG Recorder, February 2005, pp. 5–11. Hasanusi, D., Adhitiawan, E., Baasir, A., Lisapaly, L., van Eykenhof, R., "Seismic Inversion as an Exciting Tool to Delineate Facies Distribution in Tiaka Carbonate Reservoirs, Sulawesi – Indonesia", Proceedings, Indonesian Petroleum Association, Thirty-First Annual Convention and Exhibition, May 2007. Russell, B., Hampson, D., "The Old and the New in Seismic Inversion", CSEG Recorder, December 2006, pp. 5–11. Stephen, K., MacBeth, C., "Reducing Reservoir Prediction Uncertainty by Updating a Stochastic Model Using Seismic History Matching", SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, December 2008. Vargas-Meleza, L., Megchun, J., Vazquez, G., "Petrophysical Properties Estimation by Integrating AVO, Seismic Inversion and Multiattribute Analysis in a 3-D Volume of Playuela, Veracruz", AAPG International Conference: October 24–27, 2004, Cancun, Mexico. Wang, X., Wu, S., Xu, N., Zhang, G., "Estimation of Gas Hydrate Saturation Using Constrained Sparse Spike Inversion: Case Study from the Northern South China Sea", Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., Vol. 17, No. 4, 799–813, December 2006. Watson, I., Lines, L., "Seismic Inversion at Pike’s Peak, Saskatchewan", CREWES Research Report, Volume 12, 2000. Whitfield, J., "The Relation of Net Pay to Amplitude Versus Offset Gradients: A Gulf of Mexico Case Study", University of Houston Master's Thesis, 1993. Zou, Y., Bentley, L., Lines, L., "Integration of Reservoir Simulation with Time-Lapse Seismic Modeling", 2004 CSEG National Convention. External links Earthworks Seismic Inversion company Understanding Stochastic Inversion Jason Geoscience Workbench (JGW) CGGVERITAS, Simultaneous Elastic Inversion Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts