Transformation of seismic velocity data to extract porosity and saturation values for rocks

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3018-3027

  Berryman, James G ^a   Berge, Patricia A ^a   Bonner, Brian P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOUND; THEORY; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0034084801     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.429331     Document Type: Article

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