Improved granular medium model for unconsolidated sands using coordination number, porosity, and pressure relations

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Dutta, Tanima ^a   Mavko, Gary ^a   Mukerji, Tapan ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY; WELL LOGGING;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; COORDINATION NUMBER; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM MODEL; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

SHEAR FLOW;

ELASTIC WAVE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; POROSITY; S-WAVE; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; WELL LOGGING; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84864157447     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3333539     Document Type: Article

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