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Slowness

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003461

The reciprocal of acoustic velocity, representing the time it takes for a sound wave to travel a unit distance through a formation. It is a direct measurement from sonic logs, expressed in microseconds per foot or microseconds per meter. Slowness is directly related to porosity and lithology.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003461
FieldOil and gas
SubjectFormation Evaluation
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003461",
  "term": "Slowness",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "The reciprocal of acoustic velocity, representing the time it takes for a sound wave to travel a unit distance through a formation. It is a direct measurement from sonic logs, expressed in microseconds per foot or microseconds per meter. Slowness is directly related to porosity and lithology.",
  "subject": "Formation Evaluation",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/slowness/"
}

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