Nonlinear rock physics model for estimation of 3D subsurface stress in anisotropic formations: Theory and laboratory verification

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 415-425

  Prioul, Romain ^a   Bakulin, Andrey ^b   Bakulin, Victor ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Shell International Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

^c Geotechnologies Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TENSORS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DRILLING; FOSSIL FUELS; HYDRAULICS; MINING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STIFFNESS; STRESSES; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HYDROSTATIC STRESSES; ROCK PHYSICAL MODEL; STIFFNESS TENSORS; AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSETS; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS TENSORS; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY VERIFICATION; MULTICOMPONENT SEISMIC DATA; NON-LINEAR MEDIA; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC ROCK;

GEOPHYSICS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; IN SITU STRESS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 1942457102     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1707061     Document Type: Article

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