Effective medium modeling of gas hydrate-filled fractures using the sonic log in the Krishna-Godavari basin, offshore eastern India

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ghosh, Ranjana ^a   Sain, Kalachand ^a   Ojha, Maheswar ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; SATURATION; SEAFLOOR;

INDIA; KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN;

EID: 77954356216     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006711     Document Type: Article

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