Elastic-wave velocity in marine sediments with gas hydrates: Effective medium modeling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2021-2024

  Helgerud, M B ^a   Dvorkin, J ^a   Nur, A ^a   Sakai, A ^b   Collett, T ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTIC WAVES; HOLE CONCENTRATION; HYDRATION; POROSITY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; GAS HYDRATES; PRESSURE; VELOCITY;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; EFFECTIVE PRESSURE; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; FIRST PRINCIPLES; GASSMANN'S EQUATIONS; HYDRATE CONCENTRATION; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

GAS HYDRATES; SEDIMENTS;

ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MARINE SEDIMENTS;

ELASTIC WAVE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 0032708111     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900421     Document Type: Article

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