Application of the BISQ model to clay squirt flow in reservoir sandstones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Marketos, G ^a,b   Best, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; RESERVOIR ROCK; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954356396     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006495     Document Type: Article

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