Predicting the transport properties of fractured rocks from seismic information: Numerical experiments

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 103-113

  Boadu, Fred Kofi ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractured medium; Permeability; Porosity; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC WAVES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FRACTURED ROCKS; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION RELATIONSHIP; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

PETROLOGY;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034116977     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(99)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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