Effects of attenuation and scattering on AVO measurements

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2025-2034

  Adriansyah, ^a,b   McMechan, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Pertamina EP   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; SURFACE WAVES; VISCOELASTICITY;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSET (AVO);

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

AVO METHOD; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0032215244     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444495     Document Type: Article

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