Vs prediction in unconsolidated sands - Physical and geological controls on shear wave velocities

72nd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2010: A New Spring for Geoscience. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2010

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages 4742-4746

  Mondol, N H ^a   Avseth, P ^b   Fawad, M ^a   Smith, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Conoco Phillips ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERS; FLUIDS; LITHOLOGY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; FLUID SUBSTITUTION; GASSMANN EQUATIONS; GEOLOGICAL CONTROL; PORE FLUIDS; SEISMIC DATAS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 78249271053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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