Dipole dispersion crossover and sonic logs in a limestone reservoir

Geophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 390-407

  Sinha, Bikash K ^a   Kane, Michael R ^a   Frignet, Bernard ^b,c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; BOREHOLE LOGGING; CROSSHOLE SEISMIC METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LIMESTONE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); HORIZONTAL WELLS; LIME; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

AZIMUTHAL SHEAR; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; HIGH PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; HORIZONTAL STRESS; ISOTROPIC STRESS; MATRIX PENCIL ALGORITHMS; OVERBURDEN STRESS; SHEAR ANISOTROPY;

ACOUSTIC LOGGING;

EID: 0034083624     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444734     Document Type: Article

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