Inversion of elastic wave velocity measurements for monitoring changes in rock stress resulting from production

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sayers, C M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYDROCARBONS; MICROCRACKS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESSES; TENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE VERSUS OFFSET; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FAULT REACTIVATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MONITORING CHANGE; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS;

ELASTIC WAVES;

EID: 85058967767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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