Dual simulations of fluid flow and seismic wave propagation in a fractured network: Effects of pore pressure on seismic signature

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 825-838

  Vlastos, S ^a,b   Liu, E ^a   Main, I G ^b   Schoenberg, M ^c   Narteau, C ^b   Li, X Y ^a   Maillot, B ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Effective medium theory; Finite difference methods; Fractures; Scattering attenuation; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID FLOW; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746124182     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03060.x     Document Type: Article

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