Table 3.

Equations utilized for low-frequency and ultrasonic velocity measurements after Mavko et al. (2009). The abbreviation |$\sigma _{\rm ax}$| stands for the vertical stress, |$\varepsilon _{\rm ax}$| and |$\varepsilon _{\rm rad}$| for the axial and radial strain, respectively and |$\rho _b$| for the bulk density at dry conditions

ParameterLow-frequencyUltrasonic velocity
Young’s modulus E|$\frac{\sigma _{\rm ax}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\rho _b V^2_S \left(\frac{3V^2_P - 4V^2_S}{V^2_P - V^2_S}\right)$|
Poisson’s ratio |$\nu$||$\frac{\varepsilon _{\rm rad}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\frac{V^2_P-2V^2_S}{2(V^2_P-V^2_S)}$|
Bulk modulus K|$\frac{E}{3(1-2\nu )}$||$\rho _b \left( V^2_P -\frac{4}{3} V^2_S \right)$|
Shear modulus G|$\frac{E}{2(1+\nu )}$||$V^2_S \rho _b$|
ParameterLow-frequencyUltrasonic velocity
Young’s modulus E|$\frac{\sigma _{\rm ax}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\rho _b V^2_S \left(\frac{3V^2_P - 4V^2_S}{V^2_P - V^2_S}\right)$|
Poisson’s ratio |$\nu$||$\frac{\varepsilon _{\rm rad}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\frac{V^2_P-2V^2_S}{2(V^2_P-V^2_S)}$|
Bulk modulus K|$\frac{E}{3(1-2\nu )}$||$\rho _b \left( V^2_P -\frac{4}{3} V^2_S \right)$|
Shear modulus G|$\frac{E}{2(1+\nu )}$||$V^2_S \rho _b$|
Table 3.

Equations utilized for low-frequency and ultrasonic velocity measurements after Mavko et al. (2009). The abbreviation |$\sigma _{\rm ax}$| stands for the vertical stress, |$\varepsilon _{\rm ax}$| and |$\varepsilon _{\rm rad}$| for the axial and radial strain, respectively and |$\rho _b$| for the bulk density at dry conditions

ParameterLow-frequencyUltrasonic velocity
Young’s modulus E|$\frac{\sigma _{\rm ax}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\rho _b V^2_S \left(\frac{3V^2_P - 4V^2_S}{V^2_P - V^2_S}\right)$|
Poisson’s ratio |$\nu$||$\frac{\varepsilon _{\rm rad}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\frac{V^2_P-2V^2_S}{2(V^2_P-V^2_S)}$|
Bulk modulus K|$\frac{E}{3(1-2\nu )}$||$\rho _b \left( V^2_P -\frac{4}{3} V^2_S \right)$|
Shear modulus G|$\frac{E}{2(1+\nu )}$||$V^2_S \rho _b$|
ParameterLow-frequencyUltrasonic velocity
Young’s modulus E|$\frac{\sigma _{\rm ax}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\rho _b V^2_S \left(\frac{3V^2_P - 4V^2_S}{V^2_P - V^2_S}\right)$|
Poisson’s ratio |$\nu$||$\frac{\varepsilon _{\rm rad}}{\varepsilon _{\rm ax}}$||$\frac{V^2_P-2V^2_S}{2(V^2_P-V^2_S)}$|
Bulk modulus K|$\frac{E}{3(1-2\nu )}$||$\rho _b \left( V^2_P -\frac{4}{3} V^2_S \right)$|
Shear modulus G|$\frac{E}{2(1+\nu )}$||$V^2_S \rho _b$|
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