Fluid-property discrimination with AVO: A Biot-Gassmann perspective

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Russell, Brian H ^a   Hedlin, Ken ^b   Hilterman, Fred J ^c   Lines, Lawrence R ^d  

^a Hampson Russell Software Services   (Canada)

^b HUSKY ENERGY   (Canada)

^c Geophysical Development Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEISMIC PROSPECTING; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; WELL LOGGING;

SEISMIC AMPLITUDE INVERSION; AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; EASTERN CANADA; FLUID PROPERTY; GASSMANN THEORY; GENERAL FORMULAS; INVERSION RESULTS; PRE-STACK SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC AMPLITUDES;

ROCKS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE;

AVO METHOD; FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0037219535     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1543192     Document Type: Article

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