A physical model study of effect of fracture aperture on seismic wave

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages 233-240

  Wei, Jian Xin ^a   Di, Bang Rang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Amplitude; Fracture aperture; Fractured model; Hudson's fracture theory; P and S wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DATA PROCESSING; EARTHQUAKES; ELASTIC WAVES; EPOXY RESINS; RESINS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

AMPLITUDE; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURED MODEL; HUDSON'S FRACTURE THEORY; P-AND S-WAVE VELOCITY;

FRACTURE;

AMPLITUDE; FRACTURE APERTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 57849159774     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-008-6005-x     Document Type: Article

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