An analysis of shear waves observed in VSP data from the superdeep well at Kola, Russia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 545-554

  Digranes, Per ^a   Kristoffersen, Yngve ^a   Karajev, Nazim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b VIRG Rudgeofizika   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cracks; Palaeostress; VSP

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STRESS; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA, KOLA SUPERDEEP BOREHOLE;

EID: 0030456074     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05309.x     Document Type: Article

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