Estimation of the internal structure and anisotropy of shales from borehole data

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-381

  Johansen, Tor Arne ^a   Jakobsen, Morten ^a   Ruud, Bent Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Borehole logging; Effective medium theory; Microstructure; Shales; Sonic logs

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHALE;

EID: 0036869283     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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