Generalized Dix equation and analytic treatment of normal-moveout velocity for anisotropic media

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-148

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a   Cohen, Jack K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTORS;

COMMON-MIDPOINT (CMP) LOCATION; NORMAL-MOVEOUT (NMO) VELOCITY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033103191     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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