Joint inversion of P- and PS-waves in orthorhombic media: Theory and a physical modeling study

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-161

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Theophanis, Stephen ^b   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Science Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR WAVES;

NORMAL MOVEOUT (NMO) VELOCITY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0032968536     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444512     Document Type: Article

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