Rock-physics diagnostics of depositional texture, diagenetic alterations, and reservoir heterogeneity in high-porosity siliciclastic sediments and rocks - A review of selected models and suggested work flows

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Avseth, Per ^a   Mukerji, Tapan ^b   Mavko, Gary ^b   Dvorkin, Jack ^b  

^a Odin Petroleum   (Norway)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPACTION; DEPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; MINDLIN PLATES; POROSITY; SHALE; TEXTURES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

DEPOSITIONAL TEXTURE; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; HASHIN-SHTRIKMAN BOUNDS; PHYSICS-BASED MODELS; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; RESERVOIR HETEROGENEITY; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; GEOPHYSICS; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TEXTURE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK PROPERTY; SAND; SEISMIC DATA; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 84864155430     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3483770     Document Type: Article

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