Sonic velocity and grain contact properties in reservoir sandstones

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-226

  Storvoll, Vidar ^a   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cementation; Contact area; Elasticity; Sandstones; Sonic velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; CEMENTATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 4644249307     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079303-598     Document Type: Article

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