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  1. Laboratory and numerical experiments of wave propagation in media with fluid-filled fractures

    Article • Wave Motion, November 2025, Elsevier

    Tobias Mueller, Dr. Jonas D. De Basabe

  2. Laboratory insights on acoustics of granular porous media with wettability changes

    Article • Geophysics, October 2025, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  3. Poroelastic reflectivity of SV waves of a leaky fracture

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, August 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  4. Macroscopic signatures of pore boundary motion due to intermittent fluid injection in porous medium

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  5. Effect of fluid patch clustering on the P-wave velocity-saturation relation: a critical saturation model

    Article • Geophysics, July 2024, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Yanli Liu, Tobias Mueller

  6. Stress-dependent reflection and transmission of elastic waves under confining, uniaxial, and pure shear prestresses

    Article • Geophysics, March 2024, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  7. Period‐ and Pressure‐Dependent Hydraulic Properties of a Fractured Granite Inferred From Periodic Pumping Tests

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, September 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tobias Mueller

  8. Wettability-dependent wave velocities and attenuation in granular porous media

    Article • Geophysics, June 2022, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  9. Wettability-dependent Wave Velocities and Attenuation in Granular Porous Media

    Article • April 2021, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  10. Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tobias Mueller

  11. Pore Size Distribution Controls Dynamic Permeability

    Article • September 2020, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  12. Inferring shale permeability based on microseismicity data.

    Article • Interpretation, May 2020, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Jimmy Li, Mr. Yadong Zhang, Tobias Mueller

  13. Diffusion in deformable porous media: Incompressible flow limit and implications for permeability estimation from microseismicity

    Article • Geophysics, December 2019, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  14. Stoneley wave attenuation and dispersion and the dynamic permeability correction

    Article • Geophysics, July 2019, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  15. Elastic potential energy in linear poroelasticity

    Article • Geophysics, July 2019, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  16. Compensating elastic transmission losses for P-wave attenuation estimation from sonic logs

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, February 2019, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  17. Drained pore modulus and Biot coefficient from pore-scale digital rock simulations

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, February 2019, Elsevier

    Tobias Mueller

  18. Seismic modeling in porous media using the viscosity-extended Biot framework

    Article • August 2018, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  19. Shared advances in exploration and fundamental geophysics – Introduction

    Article • Geophysics, March 2018, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller, Barbara Romanowicz

  20. Deciphering fractured rock properties from seismic wavefields — Introduction

    Article • Geophysics, January 2018, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  21. Modeling Forced Imbibition Processes and the Associated Seismic Attenuation in Heterogeneous Porous Rocks

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, November 2017, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  22. Macroscopic Deformation Moduli of Porous Rocks: Insights from Digital Image Pore-Scale Simulations

    Article • July 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Tobias Mueller

  23. On Elastic Potential Energy for Deformable Porous Media

    Article • July 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Tobias Mueller

  24. Slow P -Wave Attenuation Due to Conversion Scattering into Slow S -Wave in the Biot High-Frequency Range

    Article • July 2017, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Tobias Mueller

  25. Sonic attenuation of shale

    Article • Geophysics, May 2017, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Qiaomu Qi, Tobias Mueller

  26. Fracture connectivity can reduce the velocity anisotropy of seismic waves

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  27. Numerical upscaling in 2-D heterogeneous poroelastic rocks: Anisotropic attenuation and dispersion of seismic waves

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, September 2016, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  28. An energy-based approach to estimate seismic attenuation due to wave-induced fluid flow in heterogeneous poroelastic media

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, August 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  29. Biot coefficient is distinct from effective pressure coefficient

    Article • Geophysics, July 2016, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  30. Introduction to the special issue ‘Advances in Rock Physics’

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, June 2016, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  31. Numerical upscaling of frequency-dependent P- and S-wave moduli in fractured porous media

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, June 2016, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  32. Saturation scale effect on time-lapse seismic signatures

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, June 2016, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  33. Generalized poroelasticity framework for micro-inhomogeneous rocks

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, June 2016, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  34. Velocity-saturation relation in partially saturated rocks: Modelling the effect of injection rate changes

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, April 2016, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  35. Representative elementary volumes for evaluating effective seismic properties of heterogeneous poroelastic media

    Article • Geophysics, March 2016, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  36. Energy dissipation of P- and S-waves in fluid-saturated rocks: An overview focusing on hydraulically connected fractures

    Article • Journal of Earth Science, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tobias Mueller

  37. Including poroelastic effects in the linear slip theory

    Article • Geophysics, March 2015, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  38. Comparison ofP-wave attenuation models of wave-induced flow

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, November 2014, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  39. Solid-phase bulk modulus and microinhomogeneity parameter from quasistatic compression experiments

    Article • Geophysics, November 2014, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  40. Seismic attenuation: effects of interfacial impedance on wave-induced pressure diffusion

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  41. Pore pressure stress coupling in 3D and consequences for reservoir stress states and fault reactivation

    Article • Geothermics, October 2014, Elsevier

    Tobias Mueller

  42. Quantifying the effect of capillarity on attenuation and dispersion in patchy-saturated rocks

    Article • Geophysics, September 2014, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  43. Wave attenuation in partially saturated porous rocks — New observations and interpretations across scales

    Article • The Leading Edge, June 2014, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller, Prof Danilo Velis

  44. Forced imbibition into a limestone: measuring P-wave velocity and water saturation dependence on injection rate

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, April 2014, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  45. Seismoacoustic signatures of fracture connectivity

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, March 2014, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  46. Seismic wave attenuation and dispersion due to wave-induced fluid flow in rocks with strong permeability fluctuations

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, December 2013, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Tobias Mueller

  47. Frequency-dependent effective hydraulic conductivity of strongly heterogeneous media

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2013, American Physical Society (APS)

    Tobias Mueller

  48. Effect of fracture fill on seismic attenuation and dispersion in fractured porous rocks

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, October 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  49. Do seismic waves sense fracture connectivity?

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2013, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  50. Porosity perturbations and poroelastic compressibilities

    Article • Geophysics, January 2013, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  51. In-situ stresses in the Southern Perth Basin at the GSWA Harvey-1 well site

    Article • Exploration Geophysics, January 2013, CSIRO Publishing

    Tobias Mueller

  52. Constraints on seismic reflections and mode conversions at bottom simulating reflectors associated with gas hydrates

    Article • Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, June 2012, Elsevier

    Tobias Mueller

  53. Computational elastic up-scaling of sandstone on the basis of X-ray micro-tomographic images

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, May 2012, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  54. Stochastic theory of dynamic permeability in poroelastic media

    Article • Physical Review E, August 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    Tobias Mueller

  55. Time-lapse sonic logs reveal patchy CO2saturation in-situ

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2011, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  56. Anisotropic P-SV-wave dispersion and attenuation due to inter-layer flow in thinly layered porous rocks

    Article • Geophysics, May 2011, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  57. Fast compressional wave attenuation and dispersion due to conversion scattering into slow shear waves in randomly heterogeneous porous media

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, May 2011, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Tobias Mueller

  58. Porous medium acoustics of wave-induced vorticity diffusion

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, February 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Tobias Mueller

  59. Poroelastic contribution to the reservoir stress path

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, October 2010, Elsevier

    Tobias Mueller

  60. Seismic wave attenuation and dispersion resulting from wave-induced flow in porous rocks — A review

    Article • Geophysics, September 2010, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  61. Anisotropic dispersion and attenuation due to wave-induced fluid flow: Quasi-static finite element modeling in poroelastic solids

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2010, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  62. A model for strong attenuation and dispersion of seismic P-waves in a partially saturated fractured reservoir

    Article • Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy, May 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tobias Mueller

  63. Fluid-induced microseismicity in pre-stressed rock masses

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, February 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller, Martin Schoenball

  64. Microseismic signatures of non-linear pore-fluid pressure diffusion

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  65. Finite-difference modeling of wave propagation and diffusion in poroelastic media

    Article • Geophysics, July 2009, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  66. Green's functions and radiation patterns in poroelastic solids revisited

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  67. Statistical characterization of gas-patch distributions in partially saturated rocks

    Article • Geophysics, March 2009, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  68. P-wave dispersion and attenuation in fractured and porous reservoirs - poroelasticity approach

    Article • Geophysical Prospecting, March 2009, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  69. Simulating three-dimensional seismograms in 2.5-dimensional structures by combining two-dimensional finite difference modelling and ray tracing

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, July 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  70. Velocity-saturation relation for partially saturated rocks with fractal pore fluid distribution

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2008, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  71. Attenuation of Seismic Waves Due to Wave‐Induced Flow and Scattering in Randomly Heterogeneous Poroelastic Continua

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

    Univ. Professor Serge A Shapiro, Tobias Mueller

  72. Direct laboratory observation of velocity‐saturation relation transition during rocks saturation

    Article • January 2008, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  73. Characteristic frequencies of seismic attenuation due to wave-induced fluid flow in fractured porous media

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, August 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  74. Comparative review of theoretical models for elastic wave attenuation and dispersion in partially saturated rocks

    Article • Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, June 2006, Elsevier

    Tobias Mueller

  75. Spatiotemporal pore pressure evolution due to fluid-mass point sources in dynamic poroelasticity

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, June 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller

  76. Effective hydraulic conductivity and diffusivity of randomly heterogeneous porous solids with compressible constituents

    Article • Applied Physics Letters, March 2006, American Institute of Physics

    Tobias Mueller

  77. Seismic attenuation due to wave-induced flow: WhyQin random structures scales differently

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2006, Wiley

    Tobias Mueller

  78. Wave-induced fluid flow in random porous media: Attenuation and dispersion of elastic waves

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, May 2005, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Tobias Mueller

  79. A first-order statistical smoothing approximation for the coherent wave field in random porous media

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, April 2005, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Tobias Mueller

  80. Estimating statistical parameters of an elastic random medium from traveltime fluctuations of refracted waves

    Article • Waves in Random and Complex Media, February 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Tobias Mueller

  81. One‐dimensional random patchy saturation model for velocity and attenuation in porous rocks

    Article • Geophysics, September 2004, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Tobias Mueller

  82. Amplitude corrections for randomly distributed heterogeneities above a target reflector

    Article • Geophysics, September 2003, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Univ. Professor Serge A Shapiro, Tobias Mueller

  83. True amplitude migration in the presence of a statistically heterogeneous overburden

    Article • January 2001, Society of Exploration Geophysicists

    Univ. Professor Serge A Shapiro, Tobias Mueller

  84. Most probable seismic pulses in single realizations of two- and three-dimensional random media

    Article • Geophysical Journal International, January 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Tobias Mueller