Effects of pore fluids on the interfacial and fracture compliances

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-385

  Yue, Jian Hua ^a   Liu, Enru ^a,b   Liu, Shu Cai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fracture compliance; Fractures; Pore fluids; Rock discontinuity

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; MANTLE DISCONTINUITY; P-WAVE; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

EID: 34047200631     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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