Gassmann fluid substitutions: A tutorial

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 430-440

  Smith, Tad M ^a,b   Sondergeld, Carl H ^c   Rai, Chandra S ^c  

^a CGG   (France)

^b NEWFIELD EXPLORATION COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEURISTIC METHODS; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSET (AVO); FLUID SUBSTITUTION; GASSMANN EQUATIONS; SHEAR VELOCITY;

FLUIDS;

BULK MODULUS; FLUID EXPULSION; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 1142298159     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567211     Document Type: Article

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