Velocity-porosity relationships: Predictive velocity model for cemented sands composed of multiple mineral phases

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-372

  Knackstedt, Mark A ^a,b   Arns, Christoph H ^a   Pinczewski, W Val ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; VELOCITY;

NUMERICAL DATA; POROSITIES; SOLID CONSTITUENTS; VELOCITY MODELS;

POROSITY;

CEMENTATION; SAND; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 18544362813     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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