Anisotropy and attenuation of crosshole channel waves from the Antrim Shale gas play, Michigan Basin

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-61

  Liu, Enru ^a   Queen, John H ^b   Cox, V Dale ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Attenuation; Channel waves; Michigan Basin; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATTENUATION; CLAY; FRACTURE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CROSSHOLE CHANNEL WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

CROSSHOLE SEISMIC METHOD; GAS FIELD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WELL LOGGING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034105644     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(99)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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