Processing-induced anisotropy

Geophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1920-1928

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Tsvankin, Ilya ^b  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; DATA HANDLING; DATA REDUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WELL LOGGING;

DIPPING REFLECTOR; VERTICAL SYMMETRY AXIS; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INDUCED ANISOTROPY; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; NORMAL MOVEOUT (NMO); TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

ANISOTROPY; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION;

ANISOTROPY; DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0036867686     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1527092     Document Type: Article

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