Long-wave seismic anisotropy of heterogeneous reservoirs

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 667-673

  Sayers, Colin M ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Layered media; Reservoirs; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005937407     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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