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

Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 77th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1624-1628

  Müller, Tobias M ^a   Toms, Julianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; POROUS MATERIALS; SEISMIC WAVES;

FRACTAL CHARACTER; FRACTAL MEASURES; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PARTIALLY SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; PORE FLUID DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM FRACTALS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; VELOCITY SATURATION;

VELOCITY;

EID: 58149458976     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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