A physically based numerical approach is presented for modeling fracture–matrix interaction, which is a key issue for fractured reservoir simulation. Commonly used mathematical models for dealing with such interactions employ a dualor multiple-continuum concept, in which fractures and matrix are represented as overlapping, different, but interconnected continua, described by parallel sets of co...

Offset-dependent characteristics of seismic scattering are useful in the interpretation of fractured reservoirs. Synthetic seismograms generated by a 3-D finite difference modeling are used to study elastic wave propagation and scattering in heterogeneous fraetmed reservoirs. We use two models having different background medium properties and different azimuthal AVO responses and build heteroge...