Seismic wave propagation in cracked porous media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 199-231

  Pointer, Tim ^a,c   Liu, Enru ^a   Hudson, John A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c BG Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Cracked media; Dispersion; Fluids; Seismic anisotropy; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CRACK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0033947043     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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