Mapping formation radial shear-wave velocity variation by a constrained inversion of borehole flexural-wave dispersion data

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Tang, Xiao Ming ^a   Patterson, Douglas J ^a  

^a BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTICS; BOREHOLES; DISPERSION (WAVES); OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CONSTRAINED INVERSIONS; CONSTRAINT CONDITIONS; GEOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BOREHOLE LOGGING; DATA INVERSION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOMECHANICS; S-WAVE; VELOCITY PROFILE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84857240256     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3502664     Document Type: Article

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