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Rock Physics of Shale - Stanford University

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Beware <strong>of</strong> Poor Legacy Assumptions<br />

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σ v<br />

σ h<br />

• Sediments deform plastically<br />

during burial – not elastically<br />

• Therefore the horizontal stress is<br />

NOT the elastic expression:<br />

σ h ≠σ v<br />

σ h ≠σ v<br />

⎡⎡ ν ⎤⎤<br />

⎣⎣ ⎢⎢ 1−ν ⎦⎦ ⎥⎥<br />

⎡⎡ C ⎤⎤ 13<br />

⎢⎢<br />

⎣⎣ C ⎥⎥<br />

⎦⎦ 33<br />

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Gary Mavko – <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> Laboratory

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