Can gas sand have a large Poisson’s ratio?
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Laboratory data supported by granular-medium and inclusion theories indicate that Poisson’s ratio in gas-saturated sand lies within a range of 0–0.25, with typical values of approximately 0.15. However, some well log measurements, especially in slow gas formations, persistently produce a Poisson’s ratio as large as 0.3. If this measurement is not caused by poor-quality data, three in situ situations — patchy saturation, subresolution thin layering, and elastic anisotropy — provide a plausible explanation. In the patchy saturation situation, the well data must be corrected to produce realistic synthetic seismic traces. In the second and third cases, the effect observed in a well is likely to persist at the seismic scale.
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1992 ◽
Vol 97
(B13)
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pp. 19993
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1993 ◽
Vol 30
(5)
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pp. 292
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