Effects of vertically aligned subsurface fractures on seismic reflections: A physical model study

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 245-252

  Chang, Chih Hsiung ^a   Gardner, Gerald H F ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSET (AVO); PHENOLITIC DISC; VERTICALLY ALIGNED SUBSURFACE FRACTURES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

AVO; FRACTURE; MOVEOUT VELOCITY; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0030797017     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444124     Document Type: Article

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