Seismoelectric response of heavy oil reservoirs: Theory and numerical modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 781-797

  Revil, A ^a,b   Jardani, A ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Electromagnetic theory; Hydrogeophysics; Magnetic and electrical properties

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; COUPLING; DARCY LAW; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SAND; PLUME; POROELASTICITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESONANCE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR MODULUS; STREAMING POTENTIAL; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

EID: 74549181369     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04439.x     Document Type: Article

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