Elastic wave propagation along a set of parallel fractures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 31-1-31-4

  Nakagawa, Seiji ^a   Nihei, Kurt T ^a   Myer, Larry R ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic wave propagation; Fracture; Fracture guided waves

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ROCKS; STIFFNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

TIME FREQUENCY ANALYSIS;

ELASTIC WAVES;

ELASTIC WAVE; FRACTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037104923     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gl014925     Document Type: Article

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