Elastic anisotropy of shales

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-331

  Sondergeld, Carl H ^a   Rai, Chandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILL DRILLING; LITHOLOGY; PETROPHYSICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEEPWATER ENVIRONMENTS; DRILLING PROBLEMS; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; GAS SHALES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ISOTROPY; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALE;

EID: 79955382464     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3567264     Document Type: Article

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