Elastic behaviour of North Sea chalk: A well-log study

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-322

  Gommesen, L ^a,b   Fabricius, I L ^a   Mukerji, T ^c   Mavko, G ^c   Pedersen, J M ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Ødegaard A S   (Denmark)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY;

BIOT COEFFICIENTS; CEMENTATION; GASSMANN THEORY;

WELL LOGGING;

CEMENTATION; CHALK; ELASTIC WAVE; ELASTICITY; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; WELL LOGGING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33847343121     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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