One major cause of elastic wave attenuation in heterogeneous porous media is wave-
induced flow of the pore fluid between heterogeneities of various scales. It is believed that …

Recent advances in parameter estimation and seismic processing have allowed
incorporation of anisotropic models into a wide range of seismic methods. In particular …

As has been known for some time, velocities of elastic waves propagating in most
subsurface formations exhibit directional dependence, or seismic anisotropy. On their way to …

Exploration and development of naturally fractured reservoirs rely on understanding and
interpretation of certain signatures associated with seismic waves propagating through …

Upper crustal rocks contain cracks of diverse sizes, shapes and orientations. Predicting their
influence on the effective elastic properties of a rock poses a challenging problem of …

We discuss cross-property connections that interrelate effective linear elastic and conductive
properties of heterogeneous materials. More precisely, they relate changes in the properties …

We calculate effective properties of a porous material with non-ellipsoidal concave pores.
The pore shape is described by equation of a supersphere x 2 p+ y 2 p+ z 2 p= 1 that is …

To establish a consistent framework for seismic wave propagation that accommodates the
effects of stress changes, it is critical to take into account the different definitions of stress …

The contributions of inhomogeneities having the same shape but different elastic constants,
to the overall elastic properties are interrelated. The utility of these relations lies, in …

The Markland test is one of the most diffused and adopted methods of kinematic analysis for
the identification of critical intersections of rock discontinuities that could generate rock …