Seismic characterization of vertical fractures described as general linear-slip interfaces

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-130

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Bakulin, Andrey ^b   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRESS ANALYSIS;

LINEAR-SLIP INTERFACES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FRACTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

EID: 0037351580     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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