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10. Microcrack-Induced Seismic Anisotropy

A Comprehensive Study of Sanding Rate From Gas Field: From Reservoir, Completion, Production, to Surface Facilities

A Comprehensive Study of Sanding Rate From a Gas Field: From Reservoir to Completion, Production, and Surface Facilities

A feasibility study for pore-pressure prediction using seismic velocities in the offshore Nile Delta, Egypt

scholarly article by Mohammed A. Badri et al published October 2000 in The leading edge

A finite‐difference injection approach to modeling of seismic fluid flow monitoring

A finite‐difference injection approach to modeling seismic fluid flow monitoring

scholarly article

A new, fully integrated method for seismic geohazard prediction ahead of the bit while drilling

A simple technique for finding effective elastic constants of cracked solids for arbitrary crack orientation statistics

article by Colin M. Sayers & M. Kachanov published 1991 in International Journal of Solids and Structures

AVAZ interpretation using anisotropic rock physics

An introduction to reservoir geomechanics

An introduction to this special section: CO2 sequestration

An introduction to this special section: Carbonates

An introduction to this special section: Shales

An introduction to velocity-based pore-pressure estimation

article

Analysis of multiazimuthal VSP data for anisotropy and AVO

scholarly article

Angular dependence of the ultrasonic SH wave velocity in rolled metal sheets

Angular dependent ultrasonic wave velocities in aggregates of hexagonal crystals

article

Anisotropic velocity analysis using marine 4C seismic data

Anisotropic velocity analysis1

Anisotropy estimate for the Horn River Basin from sonic logs in vertical and deviated wells

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Application of prestack orthotropic AVAz inversion for fracture characterization of a deep carbonate reservoir in northern Kuwait

Asymmetry in the time-lapse seismic response to injection and depletion

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Azimuth-dependent AVO in reservoirs containing non-orthogonal fracture sets

Azimuthal variation in AVO response for fractured gas sands

article

Azimuth‐dependent tuning of seismic waves reflected from fractured reservoirs

scholarly article

Calibrated Predrill Pore Pressure Prediction from 3D Seismic for the Cocuite Field, Veracruz Basin

Calibrating The Mechanical Properties and In-Situ Stresses Using Acoustic Radial Profiles

Calibrating the Mechanical Properties and In-Situ Stresses Using Acoustic Radial Profiles

Characterization of fluid-flow anisotropy in a carbonate reservoir using AVAZ inversion of wide-azimuth seismic data

Characterization of microseismic data in gas shales using the radius of gyration tensor

Characterizing production-induced anisotropy of fractured reservoirs having multiple fracture sets

article

Comment on the Reply on “Theta map: Edge detection in magnetic data” ()

scholarly article

Determination of Rock Strength Using Advanced Sonic Log Interpretation Techniques

Determination of anisotropic velocity models from walkaway VSP data acquired in the presence of dip

scholarly article

Determination of in‐situ stress and rock strength using borehole acoustic data

Drilling Adjacent to Salt Bodies: Definition of Mud Weight Window and Pore Pressure Using Numerical Models and Fast Well Planning Tool

Effects of borehole stress concentration on elastic wave velocities in sandstones

scientific article published in 2007

Effects of borehole stress concentration on elastic wave velocities in sandstones

Elastic Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Microcracked Rocks

scholarly article published 1989

Elastic anisotropy of polycrystalline ice with transversely isotropic and orthotropic symmetry

scholarly article by Colin M. Sayers published 13 July 2018 in Geophysical Journal International

Elastic anisotropy of short-fibre reinforced composites

Elastic anisotropy of the Middle Bakken Formation

scholarly article

Enhanced Seismic Pore-Pressure Prediction

Fluid-dependent shear-wave splitting in a poroelastic medium with conjugate fracture sets

Fluid-dependent shear-wave splitting in fractured media

From pore-pressure prediction to reservoir characterization: A combined geomechanics-seismic inversion workflow using trend-kriging techniques in a deepwater basin

Geomechanical model for the Horn River Formation based on seismic AVA inversion

Geophysics Under Stress

Grain boundary compliance and ultrasonic velocities in pure copper undergoing intergranular creep

scholarly article by Colin M. Sayers et al published October 2016 in International Journal of Solids and Structures

Hydrogen adsorbed on nickel, palladium and platinum powders

scholarly article by Colin M. Sayers & Christopher J. Wright published 1984 in Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions I

Hydrogen adsorption on platinum

Increasing contribution of grain boundary compliance to polycrystalline ice elasticity as temperature increases

scholarly article

Integrating Diverse Measurements to Predict Pore Pressure With Uncertainties While Drilling

Integrating Diverse Measurements to Predict Pore Pressure With Uncertainties While Drilling

Introduction to this special section: Fractures

Introduction to this special section: Geohazards and pore-pressure prediction

Introduction to this special section: Geomechanics

Introduction to this special section: Physics of rocks

article by Tad M. Smith et al published December 2011 in The leading edge

Introduction to this special section: Resource plays II: Geophysics

Introduction to this special section: Rocks under stress

article by Colin M. Sayers & Ali Tura published December 2005 in The leading edge

Introduction to this special section: Seismic modeling

article published in 2009

Introduction to this special section: Subsalt exploration

Introduction to this special section: Tight gas sands

Introduction to this special section—Rock physics

Introduction to this special section—Shale geophysics

Introduction: Rock Physics for Reservoir Exploration, Characterisation and Monitoring

article published in 2013

Inversion for asymmetric fracture parameters using synthetic AVOA data

Inversion of ultrasonic wave velocity measurements to obtain the microcrack orientation distribution function in rocks

article by Colin M. Sayers published January 1990 in Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Inversion of ultrasonic wave velocity measurements to obtain the microcrack orientation distribution function in rocks

article by Colin M. Sayers published March 1988 in Ultrasonics

Long-wave seismic anisotropy of heterogeneous reservoirs

Magnetic properties of liquid metal alloys

Misalignment of the orientation of fractures and the principal axes forPandSwaves in rocks containing multiple non-orthogonal fracture sets

article published in 1998

Modeling the Mechanical and Phase Change Stability of Wellbores Drilled in Gas Hydrates by the Joint Industry Participation Program (JIP) Gas Hydrates Project, Phase II

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Modeling the Mechanical and Phase Change Stability of Wellbores Drilled in Gas Hydrates by the Joint Industry Participation Program (JIP) Gas Hydrates Project, Phase II

Monitoring production‐induced stress changes using seismic waves

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Optimize Drilling and Reduce Casing Strings Using Remote Real-Time Well Hydraulic Monitoring

Optimize Drilling and Reduce Casing with Real-Time Well Hydraulic Monitoring

Orientation of microcracks formed in rocks during strain relaxation

article by Colin M. Sayers published October 1990 in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Orientation of olivine in dunite from elastic wave velocity measurements

scholarly article

Orthotropic rock-physics based inversion for fracture and total organic carbon (TOC) characterization from azimuthal P-wave seismic survey: Case study from a northern Kuwait unconventional reservoir

P-wave propagation in weakly anisotropic media

Phenomenology of antiferromagnetic metal-insulator transition in 3d transition metal dichalcogenides

Pore Pressure Prediction for the Cocuite Field, Veracruz Basin

Pore Pressure Prediction for the Cocuite Field, Veracruz Basin

Pore-pressure estimation ahead of the bit while drilling by seismic and well data integration

scientific article

Pre-drill pore pressure study for a high temperature well in the Gulf of Mexico using reprocessed fit-for-purpose seismic velocities

Predicting Reservoir Compaction and Casing Deformation in Deepwater Turbidites Using a 3D Mechanical Earth Model

Predicting Reservoir Compaction and Casing Deformation in Deepwater Turbidites using a 3D Mechanical Earth Model

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Predrill pore pressure prediction using 4C seismic data

Predrill pore-pressure prediction using 4-C seismic data

Propagation of ultrasound through hydrating cement pastes at early times

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Recent Advances in the Characterization of Unconventional Reservoirs with Wide-Azimuth Seismic Data

Recent advances in the characterization of unconventional reservoirs with wide-azimuth seismic data

Reflection moveout in azimuthally anisotropic media

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Regional trends in undercompaction and overpressure in the Gulf of Mexico

Remote Real-Time Well Monitoring and Model Updating Help Optimize Drilling Performance and Reduce Casing Strings

Rock Physics Model of the Eagle Ford Shale

Rock Physics Model of the Eagle Ford Shale

Rock physics of the Wolfcamp Formation, Delaware Basin

Rock physics-based relations for density and S-velocity versus P-velocity in deepwater subsalt Gulf of Mexico shales

Rock properties in low-porosity/low-permeability sandstones

Scattering of ultrasound by minority phases in polycrystalline metals

Seismic anisotropy of fractured rock

article

Seismic anisotropy of shales

Seismic anisotropy of shales: What determines the sign of Thomsen's delta parameter?

Seismic anisotropy of the inner core

scholarly article

Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs: A resolution matrix approach

Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs: Inversion for fracture parameters illustrated using synthetic AVOA data

Seismic characterization of naturally fractured reservoirs using amplitude versus offset and azimuth analysis

Seismic characterization of reservoirs containing multiple fracture sets

Seismic characterization of reservoirs containing multiple fracture sets

Seismic characterization of reservoirs with asymmetric fractures

scholarly article

Seismic data conditioning for AVOA analysis: Case study from a north Kuwait unconventional reservoir

Seismic pore-pressure prediction using reflection tomography and 4-C seismic data

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Seismic reservoir characterization for unconventional reservoirs using orthorhombic AVAZ attributes and stochastic rock physics modeling

Seismic reservoir monitoring on Gullfaks

Seismic traveltime analysis for azimuthally anisotropic media: Theory and experiment

scholarly article

Sensitivity of P- and S-impedance to the presence of kerogen in the Eagle Ford Shale

Sensitivity of elastic wave velocities to reservoir stress path

Sensitivity of elastic-wave velocities to stress changes in sandstones

Sensitivity of reflection seismic data to oil-column height in high-porosity sandstones

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Sensitivity of the elastic anisotropy and seismic reflection amplitude of the Eagle Ford Shale to the presence of kerogen

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Sensitivity of time-lapse seismic to reservoir stress path

Sensitivity of time-lapse seismic to reservoir stress path

Sensitivity of velocities to overpressure within heterogeneous tight gas sand reservoirs

Simplified anisotropy parameters for transversely isotropic sedimentary rocks

article by Colin M. Sayers et al published November 1995 in Geophysics

Stress-dependent elastic anisotropy of sandstones

article published in 2002

Stress-dependent elastic wave velocities in shales

scientific article published in 1995

Stress-induced ultrasonic anisotrophy in Berea sandstone

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Stress-induced ultrasonic wave velocity anisotropy in fractured rock

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Stress‐dependent seismic anisotropy of shales

scholarly article

Stress‐dependent seismic anisotropy of shales

The Elastic Properties of Clay in Shales

scientific article

The crystal structure of iron in the Earth's inner core

The effect of anisotropy on the Young's moduli and Poisson's ratios of shales

The effect of anisotropy on the Young's moduli and Poisson's ratios of shales

The effect of kerogen on the AVO response of organic-rich shales

The effect of kerogen on the AVO response of organic-rich shales

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The effect of kerogen on the elastic anisotropy of organic-rich shales

article

The effect of low aspect ratio pores on the seismic anisotropy of shales

article published in 2008

The effect of mineralization on the ratio of normal to tangential compliance of fractures

The effect of near‐wellbore yield on elastic wave velocities in sandstones

article published in 2008

The effect of pore fluid on the stress‐dependent elastic wave velocities in sandstones

article published in 2002

The effects of roughness and offset on fracture compliance ratio

The elastic anisotropy of clay minerals

scholarly article

The elastic anisotropy of polycrystalline aggregates of zirconium and its alloys

scholarly article by Colin M. Sayers published February 1987 in Journal of Nuclear Materials

The elastic properties of carbonates

article

The measurement of residual stress in textured steel using an ultrasonic velocity combinations technique

The propagation of ultrasound in porous media

The sensitivity of seismic waves to the normal and shear compliance of fractures

The use of effective medium theories for seismic wave propagation and fluid flow in fractured reservoirs under applied stress

The use of effective medium theories for seismic wave propagation and fluid flow in fractured reservoirs under applied stress

The vibration frequency of an atom at the surface of a tight binding metal

article

Thermal contraction stresses in cemented tungsten carbide composites

scholarly article by Colin M. Sayers published July 1987 in Materials science and engineering

Tidal‐driven constraints for time‐lapse reservoir monitoring

Time‐lapse seismic response to injection and depletion

Ultrasonic Anisotropy of Metal-Matrix Composites

Ultrasonic Anisotropy of Metal-Matrix Composites

Ultrasonic SH wave velocity in textured aluminium plates

Ultrasonic and neutron diffraction characterization of texture in an inhomogeneously rolled titanium plate

scholarly article by R.B. Thompson et al published April 1994 in Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructures and Processing

Ultrasonic anisotropy of metal-matrix composites

Ultrasonic propagation through hydrating cements

Ultrasonic properties of transducer backings

article published in 1984

Using Tomographic Seismic Velocities to Understand Subsalt Overpressure Drilling Risks in the Gulf of Mexico

Velocity‐density relations for deepwater subsalt Gulf of Mexico shales

Vibrational modes of hydrogen adsorbed on the (110) surface of nickel

article

Well-constrained seismic estimation of pore pressure with uncertainty

article by Colin M. Sayers et al published December 2006 in The leading edge

Well‐constrained seismic estimation of pore pressure with uncertainty

scholarly article published January 2006