Interpreting seismic anisotropy in fractured reservoirs

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Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 57-63

  Worthington, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFINING PRESSURE; CORE ANALYSIS; ELASTIC WAVE; FRACTURE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE MODELING; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 48949116919     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.2008008     Document Type: Article

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