Acoustic and mechanical response of reservoir rocks under variable saturation and effective pressure

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1801-1811

  Ravazzoli, C L ^a   Santos, J E ^a,b   Carcione, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SOLUBILITY;

RESERVOIR ROCKS;

ROCKS;

HYDROCARBON;

ACOUSTICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; MISCIBILITY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORY;

EID: 0037381784     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1554696     Document Type: Article

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