Characterization of fractures in shallow granite from the modeling of the anisotropy and attenuation of seismic waves

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 706-717

  Kelner, Sylvie ^a,b   Bouchon, Michel ^b   Coutant, Olivier ^b  

^a CGG   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GRANITE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE ATTENUATION;

CALIFORNIA; GARNER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032744626     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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