Determination of in situ attenuation from full waveform acoustic logs
Method for the determination of in situ P and S wave attenuation from full waveform acoustic logs are developed. For P waves, the peak amplitude ratios of the refracted P waves from two different receivers can be used with geometrical spreading taken into account. For S waves, owing to the contamination by the guided waves, its attenuation cannot be determined directly. Instead, S wave attenuation is determined from the attenuation of the guided waves using the partition coefficients (normalized partial derivatives of the phase velocity with respect to the body wave velocities). Analytical forms of these partition coefficients are presented here, along with examples for a number of different rock formations (granite, limestone, sandstone and soft sediments). The results show that in high velocity rocks, the fluid attenuation controls the guided wave attenuation except near the cut-off frequency of the pseudo-Rayleigh wave. For low velocity rock formations, especially in the case where the S wave velocity is lower than the fluid velocity, the S wave attenuation is the main contributor to the guided wave attenuation. Synthetic microseisgmogram calculated with the measured body wave attenuation agrees well with the actual microseismograms.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
- OSTI ID:
- 6372438
- Journal Information:
- J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Vol. 87:B7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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