Interpreting non-orthogonal split shear waves for seismic anisotropy in multicomponent VSPS

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-27

  Li, Xiang Yang ^a   MacBeth, Colin ^a   Crampin, Stuart ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LINEAR TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE (LTT); NON ORTHOGONAL SPLIT SHEAR WAVES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0031676740     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1998.750311.x     Document Type: Article

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