Approximations to the Zoeppritz equations and their use in AVO analysis

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1920-1927

  Wang, Yanghua ^a  

^a Robertson Res Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

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EID: 0006597079     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444698     Document Type: Article

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