Stress-induced dipole anisotropy: Theory, experiment and field data

SPWLA 40th Annual Logging Symposium 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Plona, T J ^a   Sinha, B K ^a   Kane, M R ^a   Winkler, K W ^a   Frignet, B ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELASTIC WAVES; HORIZONTAL WELLS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; WELL PERFORATION;

FORMATION ANISOTROPY; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; INTRINSIC ANISOTROPY; MATRIX PENCIL ALGORITHMS; NEAR-WELLBORE REGION; STRESS-INDUCED ANISOTROPY; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIUM; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS;

EID: 85054602234     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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