The effect of anisotropy on the Young's moduli and Poisson's ratios of shales

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 416-426

  Sayers, Colin M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Elastic stiffness; Rock physics; Seismic anisotropy; Shales

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC CLAY; ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; BEDDING PLANES; CLAY PARTICLES; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC STIFFNESS; HIGHER ORDER MOMENTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE DESIGN; INSITU STRESS; PARTIAL ALIGNMENT; POISSON'S RATIO; ROCK FAILURES; ROCK PHYSICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHALE ANISOTROPY; SURROUNDING ROCK; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; WELLBORE STABILITY; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; CLAY MINERALS; GEOMECHANICS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; KEROGEN; POISSON RATIO; SHALE;

ELASTIC MODULI;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; KEROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; POISSON RATIO; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHALE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STIFFNESS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84873994592     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2012.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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