Detection of fracture orientation using azimuthal variation of P-wave AVO responses

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1253-1265

  Pérez, Maria A ^a,b   Gibson, Richard L ^a,c   Toksöz, M Nafi ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002272914     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444632     Document Type: Article

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