Bounds on low-frequency seismic velocities in partially saturated rocks

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 918-924

  Mavko, Gary ^a   Mukerji, Tapan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS;

PARTIALLY SATURATED ROCKS; PATCHY SATURATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

PORE FLUID; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0032075940     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444402     Document Type: Article

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