Attenuation of P-waves due to interlayer fluid flow in hydrate-bearing sediments

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 394-403

  Gerner, Andreas ^a   Saenger, Erik H ^b,c   Shapiro, Serge A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Spectraseis AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Gas hydrates; Numerical modeling; Poroelasticity

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC PROPERTY; FLUID FLOW; GAS HYDRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; ROCK PROPERTY; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 38849083385     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/4/4/005     Document Type: Article

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