Rock physics and seismic properties of sands and shales as a function of burial depth

2001 SEG Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPACTION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; WELL LOGGING;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE INVERSION; ELASTIC IMPEDANCE; MECHANICAL COMPACTION; OVER-PRESSURES; ROCK PHYSICS MODEL; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; TECTONIC UPLIFT; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS;

SAND;

EID: 85054097833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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