Elastic wave anisotropy and shale distribution

Petrophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-249

  Schön, Jürgen H ^a,c,d,e   Georgi, Daniel T ^b   Tang, Xiaoming ^b,d,f  

^a Baker Atlas ^*  (Austria)

^b BAKER ATLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^d SPWLA   (Austria)

^e EAGE   (Austria)

^f SEG   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersed shale; Elastic wave properties; Laminated shale; Macro anisotropy; Turbidites

Indexed keywords

DISPERSED SHALES; ELASTIC WAVE PROPERTIES; LAMINATED SHALES; MACRO-ANISOTROPY; TURBIDITES;

ANISOTROPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELASTIC WAVES; GAMMA RAYS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY;

SHALE;

EID: 33745666795     PISSN: 15299074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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