Advanced Reservoir Rock Physics

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Continuation of GEOP 661 ; topological characterization of fractured porous media and Reimannian manifold, balance laws of an effective medium, balance laws of interacting fields, compatibility equations and structural evolution, equations of relative motion, thermodynamics and constitutive relations, wave phenomena and fluid flow in fractured porous media. Prerequisites: GEOP 661 and approval of instructor.