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7 - Empirical Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2020

Gary Mavko ,
Tapan Mukerji  and
Jack Dvorkin
Gary Mavko
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Tapan Mukerji
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Jack Dvorkin
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
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Nur et al. (1991, 1995) and other workers have championed the simple, if not obvious, idea that the P and S velocities of rocks should trend between the velocities of the mineral grains in the limit of low porosity and the values for a mineral–pore-fluid suspension in the limit of high porosity.

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The Rock Physics Handbook , pp. 474 - 524
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Empirical Relations
  • Gary Mavko, Stanford University, California, Tapan Mukerji, Stanford University, California, Jack Dvorkin, Stanford University, California
  • Book: The Rock Physics Handbook
  • Online publication: 05 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333016.008
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  • Gary Mavko, Stanford University, California, Tapan Mukerji, Stanford University, California, Jack Dvorkin, Stanford University, California
  • Book: The Rock Physics Handbook
  • Online publication: 05 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333016.008
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  • Empirical Relations
  • Gary Mavko, Stanford University, California, Tapan Mukerji, Stanford University, California, Jack Dvorkin, Stanford University, California
  • Book: The Rock Physics Handbook
  • Online publication: 05 March 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108333016.008
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