Modeling elastic properties of siliciclastic rocks

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Vernik, Lev ^a   Kachanov, Mark ^b  

^a MARATHON OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; MICROCRACKS; SANDSTONE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

COMPRESSION AND SHEAR; CONTINUOUS MATERIALS; CRITICAL POROSITY; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EMPIRICAL PARAMETERS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS;

POROSITY;

CLASTIC ROCK; COMPRESSION; CONSOLIDATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MICROMECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; S-WAVE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84857240317     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3494031     Document Type: Article

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