Upper-crustal seismic velocity heterogeneity as derived from a variety of P-wave sonic logs

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 813-829

  Holliger, K ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Borehole geophysics; Cracks; Fractals; Porosity; Statistical methods; Upper crust

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; CRUST (UPPER); P WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SONIC LOG;

EID: 0029751767     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06025.x     Document Type: Article

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