Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities
Mesoscopic flow is a significant mechanism of fluid-related seismic attenuation in partiallysaturated rocks. Attenuation due to this mechanism is controlled by spatial distribution of fluids.To study this effect in the laboratory we quantify mesoscale fluid distribution from CTscans and compute its...
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| author | Qi, Q. Müller, Tobias Gurevich, Boris Correia Lopes, Sofia Alexandra Lebedev, Maxim |
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| description | Mesoscopic flow is a significant mechanism of fluid-related seismic attenuation in partiallysaturated rocks. Attenuation due to this mechanism is controlled by spatial distribution of fluids.To study this effect in the laboratory we quantify mesoscale fluid distribution from CTscans and compute its associated acoustic signatures using poroelasticity theory. By comparingthese theoretical estimates with experimentally measured velocities, we find thatmesoscopic flow underestimates elastic wave attenuation at ultrasonic frequencies. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-492492024-06-06T02:32:07Z Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities Qi, Q. Müller, Tobias Gurevich, Boris Correia Lopes, Sofia Alexandra Lebedev, Maxim EAGE Mesoscopic flow is a significant mechanism of fluid-related seismic attenuation in partiallysaturated rocks. Attenuation due to this mechanism is controlled by spatial distribution of fluids.To study this effect in the laboratory we quantify mesoscale fluid distribution from CTscans and compute its associated acoustic signatures using poroelasticity theory. By comparingthese theoretical estimates with experimentally measured velocities, we find thatmesoscopic flow underestimates elastic wave attenuation at ultrasonic frequencies. 2013 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49249 http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=73442 EAGE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Qi, Q. Müller, Tobias Gurevich, Boris Correia Lopes, Sofia Alexandra Lebedev, Maxim Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| title | Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| title_full | Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| title_fullStr | Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| title_short | Effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| title_sort | effects of mesoscopic flow on ultrasonic velocities |
| url | http://earthdoc.eage.org/publication/publicationdetails/?publication=73442 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49249 |