Exact expression for the effective acoustics of patchy-saturated rocks

Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Vogelaar, Bouko ^a   Smeulders, David ^b   Harris, Jerry ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORE SIZE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; CONVENTIONAL MODELING; CONVENTIONAL MODELS; EFFECTIVE BULK MODULUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PARTIALLY SATURATED; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; SURROUNDING REGIONS;

GASES;

ACOUSTICS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; BULK MODULUS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-WAVE; POROELASTICITY; SANDSTONE; SATURATED MEDIUM; SATURATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; BIOT THEORY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 84864158445     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3463430     Document Type: Article

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