Ultrasonic velocities of opaline rocks undergoing silica diagenesis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2039-2042

  Chaika, Caren ^a   Dvorkin, Jack ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUARTZ; SILICA; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; SHEAR WAVES;

OPALINE ROCKS; SILICA DIAGENESIS;

PETROLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

DIAGENESIS; OPALINE ROCK; SILICA; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

EFFECTIVE RESERVOIR; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MONTEREY FORMATION; POROSITY REDUCTION; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; SILICA DIAGENESIS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY;

EID: 0031205915     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01959     Document Type: Article

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