Velocity anisotropy in shales: A petrophysical study

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 521-532

  Vernik, Lev ^a,b   Liu, Xingzhou ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c Texaco Inc Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CLAY; KEROGEN; MICROCRACKS; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANISOTROPY MEASUREMENT; SMECTITE TO ILLITE TRANSFORMATION; SOFTENING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SHALE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPACTION; KEROGEN; POROSITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHALE;

EID: 0031105787     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444162     Document Type: Article

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