The effect of hydrate content on seismic attenuation: A case study for Mallik 2L-38 well data, Mackenzie delta, Canada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Chand, Shyam ^a   Minshull, Tim A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; GAS HYDRATES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENTS;

SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SQUIRT FLOW MECHANISM;

SEISMIC WAVES;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; GAS HYDRATE; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE;

CANADA; MACKENZIE DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 4644323579     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020292     Document Type: Article

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