Variation in dynamic elastic shear modulus of sandstone upon fluid saturation and substitution

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 472-481

  Khazanehdari, Jalal ^a   Sothcott, Jeremy ^b  

^a WesternGeko   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); ULTRASONICS; VISCOSITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRAIN; ULTRASONIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FLUID SATURATION; FREQUENCY DISPERSION; SHEAR ELASTICITY; VISCOUS COUPLING; ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC SHEAR MODULUS; ELASTIC SHEAR MODULUS; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEAR ELASTIC MODULUS; STRESS EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY;

ELASTIC MODULI; SHEAR FLOW;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; BULK MODULUS; SANDSTONE; SATURATED MEDIUM; SHEAR MODULUS;

EID: 10844291499     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567213     Document Type: Article

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