Physical and numerical modeling of tuning and diffraction in azimuthally anisotropic media

Geophysics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1613-1621

  Gibson Jr , Richard L ^a   Theophanis, Stephen ^b   Toksöz, M Nafi ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Science Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC WAVES; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMOGRAPHS; WAVE PROPAGATION; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; DIFFRACTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; TUNING;

AMPLITUDE VERSUS OFFSET EFFECT; SEISMIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SEISMOGRAMS; AMPLITUDE VERSUS OFFSET; AZIMUTHAL ANISOTROPY; AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONS; FRACTURED RESERVOIR; MODELING DIFFRACTION; ORTHORHOMBIC SYMMETRY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0034272354     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444849     Document Type: Article

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