Diagnosing high-porosity sandstones: Strength and permeability from porosity and velocity

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 795-799

  Dvorkin, Jack ^a   Brevik, Ivar ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; TEXTURES; VELOCITY; VOLUME FRACTION; WELL LOGGING;

DIAGENETIC CEMENT; HIGH POROSITY SANDSTONES; ROCK PHYSICS THEORY;

SANDSTONE;

POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRENGTH; WELL LOGGING;

NORTH SEA; SLEIPNER FIELD;

EID: 0033133601     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444589     Document Type: Article

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