Velocity-saturation relation for partially saturated rocks with fractal pore fluid distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Muller T M ^a   Toms Stewart, J ^b   Wenzlau, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTALS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS;

IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; MESOSCOPIC SCALES; P-WAVES; PARTIALLY SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; PARTIALLY SATURATED ROCKS; PORE FLUID DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM FRACTALS; RESERVOIR ROCKS; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

FLUID FLOW; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; P-WAVE; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 48549091242     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033074     Document Type: Article

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