Mechanical compaction and ultrasonic velocity of sands with different texture and mineralogical composition

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-720

  Fawad, Manzar ^a   Mondol, Nazmul Haque ^a   Jahren, Jens ^a   Bjørlykke, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Porosity; Rock Physics; Ultrasonic velocities

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; COARSER GRAINS; DRY SAND; EFFECTIVE STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINE-GRAINED SAND; GRAIN CONTACTS; GRAIN CRUSHING; GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-TO-GRAIN CONTACTS; HIGH STRESS; HIGH VELOCITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; MINERAL GRAINS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; OVERPRESSURE; ROCK PHYSICS; ROCK PROPERTIES; SAND COMPACTION; SHEAR STIFFNESS; VELOCITY RANGE; WELL LOG DATA;

COMPACTION; CRUSHING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MINERALS; POROSITY; QUARTZ; SINTERING; SORTING; STRESSES; THERMAL LOGGING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

SAND;

BULK MODULUS; COMPACTION; COMPRESSIBILITY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LOW TEMPERATURE; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; SAND; TEXTURE; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 79958731809     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.00951.x     Document Type: Article

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