The effect of mineralization on the ratio of normal to tangential compliance of fractures

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Sayers, Colin M ^a   Taleghani, Arash Dahi ^a   Adachi, José ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; SEISMIC WAVES;

ARBITRARY ORIENTATIONS; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; MIRROR SYMMETRIES; NORMAL COMPLIANCES; ORTHOGONAL PLANES; ORTHOTROPY; POLARIZATION DIRECTIONS; PRINCIPAL AXES; REFLECTION AMPLITUDES; SIMPLE MODELS;

FRACTURE;

AZIMUTH; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; STIFFNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 64249154712     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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