Predicting porosity from acoustic velocities in siliciclastics: A new look

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 118-127

  Vernik, Lev ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; PORE PRESSURE; SHALE; STIFFNESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CEMENTATION; CHEMICAL DIAGENESIS; INTERGRANULAR BONDING; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS;

PETROLOGY;

ACOUSTIC VELOCITY; POROSITY; SILICICLASTIC ROCK;

EID: 0030739594     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444111     Document Type: Article

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