Attenuation measurements from sonic waveform logs in methane hydrate-bearing sediments at the Nankai Trough exploratory well off Tokai, central Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Matsushima, Jun ^a,b  

^a GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FREQUENCIES; METHANE; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSIONAL ATTENUATION; LOW-SATURATION GAS; SHEAR ATTENUATION; VELOCITY RATIO;

OIL WELLS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

NANKAI TROUGH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 17744390170     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021786     Document Type: Article

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