Elastic-wave propagation in deviated wells in anisotropic formations

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Sinha, Bikash K ^a   Şimşek, Ergün ^b   Liu, Qing Huo ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain analysis; Seismic waves; Well logging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

BOREHOLE FLEXURAL MODE; ELASTIC-WAVE PROPAGATION; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ELASTIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC WAVE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 33751058802     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2358402     Document Type: Article

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