A classification for the pressure-sensitiviy properties of a sandstone rock frame

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 497-510

  MacBeth, Colin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCRACKS; POROSITY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MINERALS; MODELS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; UNLOADING;

APSEUDO FUNCTIONS; PRESSURE-SENSITIVITY; SANDSTONE ROCK FRAME; SHEAR RIGIDITY; ISOTROPIC LOADING; LABORATORY DATUM; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; PRESSURE SENSITIVE; PRESSURE SENSITIVITIES; PSEUDO FUNCTIONS; THREE PARAMETERS; WEST OF SHETLANDS;

SANDSTONE; SAND;

BULK MODULUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LOADING; PRESSURE EFFECT; RIGIDITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE;

EID: 2342531688     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1707070     Document Type: Article

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