Polarization, phase velocity, and NMO velocity of qP-waves in arbitrary weakly anisotropic media

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1754-1766

  Pšenčík, Ivan ^a   Gajewski, Dirk ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data processing; Seismic method

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LINEARIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ARBITRARY WEAKLY ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; NORMAL MOVEOUT (NMO);

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC METHOD;

EID: 0032172312     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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