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GEOPHYSICS, VOL. 73, NO. 1 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2008; P. E7–E14, 4 FIGS., 1 TABLE. 10.1190/1.2816667 Influence of microheterogeneity on effective stress law for elastic properties of rocks 1 2 3 4 Radim Ciz , Anthony F. Siggins , Boris Gurevich , and Jack Dvorkin dicting overpressure from seismic data Dutta, 2002; Huffman, ABSTRACT 2002; Sayers et al., 2002 and for correct interpretation of time-lapse and 4D seismic measurements Tura and Lumley, 1999; Landrø, Understanding the effective stress coefficient for seismic 2001; Vasco, 2004. velocity is important for geophysical applications such as In general, for a rock subjected to a given confining stress , c overpressure prediction from seismic data as well as for hy- higher pore pressure Pp corresponds to lower compressional and drocarbon production and monitoring using time-lapse seis- shear velocities. Confining stress has a similar effect but with oppo- mic measurements. This quantity is still not completely un- site sign on seismic velocities. Usually, the dependence of seismic derstood. Laboratory measurements show that the seismic velocities on pore pressure and confining stress is described by an velocities as a function of effective stress y