Data-matrix asymmetry and polarization changes from multicomponent surface seismics

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 630-643

  Li, Xiang Yang ^a   MacBeth, Colin ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; BOREHOLES; CRACKS; POLARIZATION; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AUSTIN CHALK; DATA MATRIX ASYMMETRY; MULTICOMPONENT SURFACE SEISMICS; REFLECTIVITY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

DATA PROCESSING;

ASYMMETRY; MULTICOMPONENT SURFACE SEISMICS; POLARIZATION; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 0031104599     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444171     Document Type: Article

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