Modeling of low-frequency Stoneley-wave propagation in an irregular borehole

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1047-1058

  Tezuka, Kazuhiko ^a   Cheng, C H ^b   Tang, X M ^c  

^a JAPEX Research Center   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BAKER ATLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

IRREGULAR BOREHOLES; LOW FREQUENCY STONELEY WAVE PROPAGATION; MASS BALANCE BOUNDARY CONDITION; PROPAGATOR MATRIX;

EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE; MODEL; STONELEY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031182501     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444206     Document Type: Article

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