Elastic and resistivity anisotropy of shale during compaction and diagenesis: Joint effective medium modeling and field observations

Geophysics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bachrach, Ran ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; COMPACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POROSITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC MATERIAL; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; ELECTRICAL ANISOTROPY; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; RESISTIVITY ANISOTROPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

SHALE;

COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SHALE;

EID: 84857331824     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/GEO2010-0381.1     Document Type: Article

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