Velocity-porosity relationships for water-saturated siliciclastic sediments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30385-30406

  Erickson, Stephanie N ^a   Jarrard, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; POROSITY; SATURATED MEDIUM; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032506735     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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