Estimation of water/gas saturation and effective pressure from seismic velocities and quality factors as functions of frequency: Predictions of an empirical model

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-185

  Tiwari, Upendra K ^a   McMechan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure; Reservoir characterization; Saturation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GAS; P-WAVE; PRESSURE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SATURATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WATER;

EID: 0242274214     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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