Elastic properties of dry clay mineral aggregates, suspensions and sandstones

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 319-326

  Vanorio, Tiziana ^a   Prasad, Manika ^a   Nur, Amos ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocitics; Clay minerals; Elastic moduli; Porosity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; AGGREGATE; CLAY MINERAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; HIGH PRESSURE; POROSITY; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0142088773     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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