Attenuation of P- and S-waves in limestones

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-392

  Assefa, Solomon ^a   McCann, Clive ^a   Sothcott, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MINERALOGY; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; PULSE-ECHO METHOD; SQUIRT FLOW;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

LIMESTONE; POROSITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

EID: 0032810682     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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