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5 - Granular Media

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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Spheres are often used as idealized representations of grains in unconsolidated and poorly consolidated sands. They provide a means of quantifying geometric relations, such as the porosity and the coordination number, as functions of packing and sorting. Using spheres also allows an analytical treatment of mechanical grain interactions under stress. Recent research also started to reveal how the properties of the granular medium change as particle shapes differ from perfect spheres.

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The Rock Physics Handbook , pp. 309 - 366
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Granular Media
  • 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/10.1017/9781108333016.006
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  • Granular Media
  • 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/10.1017/9781108333016.006
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  • Granular Media
  • 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/10.1017/9781108333016.006
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