Abstract
Compressional‐wave velocity [Formula: see text] and quality factor [Formula: see text] have been measured in Berea and Michigan sandstones as a function of confining pressure [Formula: see text] to 55 MPa and pore pressure [Formula: see text] to 35 MPa. [Formula: see text] values are lower in the poorly cemented, finer grained, and microcracked Berea sandstone. [Formula: see text] values are affected to a lesser extent by the microstructural differences. A directional dependence of [Formula: see text] is observed in both sandstones and can be related to pore alignment with pressure. [Formula: see text] anisotropy is observed only in Berea sandstone. [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] increase with both increasing differential pressure [Formula: see text] and increasing [Formula: see text]. The effect of [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text] is greater at higher [Formula: see text]. The results suggest that the effective stress coefficient, a measure of pore space deformation, for both [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is less than 1 and decreases with increasing [Formula: see text].
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