Inversion of normal moveout for monoclinic media

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 577-602

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Contreras, Pedro ^b   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

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

^b PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SURVEYS; TENSORS;

NORMAL MOVEOUT; SHEAR WAVE POLARIZATION; STIFFNESS TENSOR;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA INVERSION; DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0034130595     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2000.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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