Can one hear the shape of a saturation patch?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 12-1-12-4

  Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav ^a   Johnson, David Linton ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ATTENUATION; LIMESTONE; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS;

POISSON SIZE;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTICS; BIOT THEORY; LIMESTONE; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0036555098     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL014709     Document Type: Article

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7. Computed seismic speeds and attenuation in rocks with partial gas saturation