Linking reservoir geomechanics and time-lapse seismics: Predicting anisotropic velocity changes and seismic attributes

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Herwanger, Jorg V ^a   Horne, Steve A ^b  

^a WESTERNGECO   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; GEOMECHANICS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC VELOCITIES; GEOMECHANICAL MODEL; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; RESERVOIR GEOMECHANICS; SEISMIC ATTRIBUTES; SUBSURFACE DEFORMATION; TRI-AXIAL STRESS STATE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMECHANICS; P-WAVE; RESERVOIR; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRESS FIELD; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 67650290315     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3122407     Document Type: Article

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