Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4541-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4541-2019
Research article
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07 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2019

An extended trajectory-mechanics approach for calculating the path of a pressure transient: travel-time tomography

Donald W. Vasco, Joseph Doetsch, and Ralf Brauchler

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This paper presents the application of a new approach for calculating the path of a pressure transient in a heterogeneous porous medium containing a slightly compressible fluid. Unlike previous asymptotic approaches, the expressions for the path and travel time are valid in the presence of rapid variations in material properties. The technique is applied to both synthetic transient pressure variations from a test example and actual field data from a field experiment in Widen, Switzerland.