Reflection moveout inversion for horizontal transverse isotropy: Accuracy, limitation, and acquisition

Geophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 222-231

  Al Dajani, Abdulfattah ^a   Alkhalifah, Tariq ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; HORIZONTAL TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; REFLECTION MOVEOUT INVERSION; VERTICAL FRACTURING;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0034076765     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444713     Document Type: Article

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