Pore fluid effects on S-wave attenuation caused by wave-induced fluid flow

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Quintal, Beatriz ^a   Steeb, Holger ^b   Frehner, Marcel ^a   Schmalholz, Stefan M ^c   Saenger, Erik H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Dispersion; Rock physics; Shear modulus; Shear wave (S wave)

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR WAVES; STRESS RELAXATION; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES;

ATTENUATION; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ATTENUATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; ROCK PHYSICS; SHEAR WAVE (S WAVE); STRESS STRAIN RELATION; WAVE-INDUCED FLUID FLOW; IMPERMEABLE BARRIERS; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

SHEAR FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; S-WAVE; SHEAR MODULUS; STRESS-STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 84861528737     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0233.1     Document Type: Article

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