A borehole-model-derived algorithm for estimating QP logs from full-waveform sonic logs

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Parra, Jorge O ^a   Xu, Pei Cheng ^b   Hackert, Chris L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Datatrends Research Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Finite difference methods; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Hydrology; Seismic waves; Well logging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

AMPLITUDE SPECTRAL RATIO; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SONIC LOGS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ALGORITHM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVELET; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 34447299374     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2734109     Document Type: Article

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