Methods of velocity prediction tested for North Sea chalk: A review of fluid substitution and νS estimates

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 129-139

  Roøgen, Birte ^a   Gommesen, Lars ^a   Fabricius, Ida L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bounds; Carbonate; Compressional velocity; Elastic constants; Fluid substitution; Gassmann's relations; Rock physics; Shear velocity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POLYNOMIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR WAVES; VELOCITY;

BOUND AVERAGING METHOD (BAM); COMPRESSIONAL VELOCITY; ISOFRAME METHOD; SHEAR VELOCITY;

LITHOLOGY;

CARBONATE; CHALK; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 8744279963     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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