Upscaling of elastic properties of anisotropic sedimentary rocks

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 842-860

  Bayuk, Irina O ^a   Ammerman, Mike ^b   Chesnokov, Evgeni M ^c  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^b Devon Energy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity and anelasticity; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA INVERSION; ELASTICITY; INVERSE PROBLEM; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCK PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SYMMETRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 38349181738     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03645.x     Document Type: Article

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