Quantitative estimate of VTI parameters from AVA responses

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-108

  Plessix, René Edouard ^a   Bork, Jonathan ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; HYDROCARBONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PETROLOGY;

LEAST SQUARES COST FUNCTION; SECOND ANISOTROPIC PARAMETERS; VERTICAL TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; ISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0034130138     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2000.00175.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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