Influence of crack distribution of rocks on P-wave velocity anisotropy - a laboratory and field scale study

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1099-1110

  Vilhelm, Jan ^a,b   Rudajev, Vladimír ^b   Živor, Roman ^b   Lokajíček, Tomáš ^b   Pros, Zdeněk ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fracture stiffness; Seismic velocity; Shallow seismic refraction method; Ultrasound radiation

Indexed keywords

CONFINING STRESS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CRACK DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENT SCALE; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD DATA; FIELD SCALE; FIELD SURVEYS; LABORATORY METHODS; LABORATORY TEST; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PARALLEL NETWORK; ROCK SAMPLE; SCALING FACTORS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHALLOW SEISMIC; ULTRASONIC WAVELENGTHS; ULTRASOUND RADIATION; VELOCITY ANISOTROPY; VERTICAL FRACTURE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; CRACKS; FRACTURE; REFRACTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STIFFNESS; SURVEYS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LABORATORIES;

ANISOTROPY; CRACK; FRACTURE; P-WAVE; PERIDOTITE; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; STIFFNESS; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 78650472325     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2010.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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