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Aligned vertical fractures, HTI reservoir symmetry, and Thomsenseismic anisotropy parameters

Conference ·
OSTI ID:928440

The Sayers and Kachanov (1991) crack-influence parametersare shown to be directly related to Thomsen (1986) weak-anisotropyseismic parameters for fractured reservoirs when the crack density issmall enough. These results are then applied to seismic wave propagationin reservoirs having HTI symmetry due to aligned vertical fractures. Theapproach suggests a method of inverting for fracture density from wavespeed data.

Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director. Office of Science. Basic EnergySciences
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
928440
Report Number(s):
LBNL--63016; BnR: KC0303010
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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