Attenuation operators and complex wave velocities for scattering in random media

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 269-285

  Fang, Y ^a   Muller G ^a  

^a Inst of Meteorology and Geophysics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Random media; Reflectivity method; Wave scattering

Indexed keywords

RANDOM MEDIUM; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0030435224     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00882063     Document Type: Article

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