A model for strong attenuation and dispersion of seismic P-waves in a partially saturated fractured reservoir

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1383-1387

  Brajanovski, Miroslav ^a   Müller, Tobias M ^b   Parra, Jorge O ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation; Biot's slow wave; dispersion; fractures; patchy saturation; poroelasticity

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; FREQUENCY RANGES; LIMESTONE FORMATION; P-WAVES; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PORO-ELASTICITY; POROUS MATRIXS; POROUS ROCKS; POROUS ZONES; REALISTIC ROCKS; SATURATION EFFECTS; SLOW WAVE; SQUIRT FLOW; SUPERPOSITION MODEL; VELOCITY DISPERSION; VERTICAL FRACTURE; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW;

DISPERSIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 77955510379     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-010-3205-0     Document Type: Article

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