Fracture characterization from attenuation of Stoneley waves across a fracture

Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 82nd Annual Meeting 2012, SEG 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2164-2169

  Bakku, Sudhish K ^a   Fehler, Michael ^a   Burns, Daniel R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; BOREHOLES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

DISPERSION RELATIONS; FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE COMPLIANCES; FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; FRACTURE FLUIDS; FREQUENCY RANGES; TRANSITION FREQUENCIES; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85059172256     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/segam2012-0810.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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