Laboratory-scale study of field of view and the seismic interpretation of fracture specific stiffness

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-224

  Acosta Colon, Angel ^a   Pyrak Nolte, Laura J ^a,b   Nolte, David D ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENSES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WAVEFRONTS;

ACOUSTIC LENS; BEAM DIAMETERS; CONTROL SAMPLES; FIELD OF VIEWS; FRACTURE GEOMETRIES; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; GEOMETRIC SCALE; LABORATORY SCALE; NONUNIFORM; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC STIFFNESS;

FRACTURE;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; LIMESTONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; STIFFNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 68949143336     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00771.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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