Local determination of weak anisotropy parameters from qP-wave slowness and particle motion measurements

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 159, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 1881-1905

  Zheng, Xuyao ^a   Pšenčík, Ivan ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Local inversion; Multi azimuthal VSP; Polarization vector; qP waves; Slowness vector; Weak anisotropy; Weak anisotropy parameters

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; P-WAVE; PARTICLE MOTION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0036333588     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-002-8713-z     Document Type: Article

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