Frequency-dependent anisotropy due to meso-scale fractures in the presence of equant porosity

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 369-379

  Chapman, Mark ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FRACTURE; MICROCRACKS; POROSITY; ROCKS;

FRACTURED ROCKS;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; POROSITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0141782188     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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