Alford rotation, ray theory, and crossed-dipole geometry

Geophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 637-647

  Dellinger, Joe A ^a   Nolte, Bertram ^a,b   Etgen, John T ^a  

^a BOB W571 ^*  (United States)

^b Texaco Inc Bellaire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA ACQUISITION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVES; GEOMETRY; ROTATION; SHEAR FLOW; VECTORS;

ALFORD ROTATION; RAY THEORY; DIAGONALIZATIONS; EIGENVALUE DECOMPOSITION; HOMOGENEOUS ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; NON-ORTHOGONAL MODES; ORTHOGONAL MODES; PARTICLE MOTIONS; RECEIVER ORIENTATION; SHORT TIME WINDOWS;

GEOPHYSICS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA; WAVE SPLITTING;

EID: 0035269953     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444954     Document Type: Article

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