Frequency-dependent anisotropy due to fluid flow in bed limited cracks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Tod, Simon R ^a   Liu, Enru ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES;

COMPETING MECHANISMS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EFFECTIVE ANISOTROPY; FLUID EFFECTS; FLUID-FILLED; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0036705504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015369     Document Type: Article

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