Multiscale seismic signature of a small fault zone in a carbonate reservoir: Relationships between V P imaging, fault zone architecture and cohesion

Tectonophysics

Volumn 554-557, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-201

  Jeanne, Pierre ^a,b   Guglielmi, Yves ^b   Cappa, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fault zone architecture; Fractures; P wave velocity; Porosity; Rock cohesion; Uniaxial compressive strength

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DAMAGE ZONES; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; FAULT CORE; FAULT ROCK; FAULT ZONE; FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HIGH VELOCITY; INTACT ROCKS; ITS ARCHITECTURE; KEY PARAMETERS; LABORATORY SCALE; MACROSCOPIC FRACTURES; METER SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MULTISCALES; P-WAVE VELOCITY; P-WAVES; POROUS LAYERS; ROCK MASS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTARY LAYERS; SEISMIC SIGNATURES; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ADHESION; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FAULT ZONE; IMAGING METHOD; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; P-WAVE; POROSITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 84863774319     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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