P-wave dispersion and attenuation in fractured and porous reservoirs - Poroelasticity approach

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-237

  Gurevich, Boris ^a,b   Brajanovski, Miroslav ^a   Galvin, Robert J ^b   Müller, Tobias M ^b,c   Toms Stewart, Julianna ^a,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d ExonMpbil Upstream Resarch Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUNCTIONS; HYDROCARBONS; SURFACE RELAXATION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

BIOT'S EQUATION; BRANCHING FUNCTIONS; COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; CRACK SPACING; FINITE LENGTH; FLUID DIFFUSION; FRACTURE SPACING; FRACTURE SURFACES; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; NATURAL FRACTURE; NORMALIZED FREQUENCIES; PORO-ELASTICITY; POROUS RESERVOIRS; RELAXATION PEAK; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SLOW WAVE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THIN LAYERS; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW;

FRACTURE;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; P-WAVE; POROELASTICITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 68949135784     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2009.00785.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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