Converted-wave seismic exploration: Applications

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-57

  Stewart, Robert R ^a   Gaiser, James E ^b   Brown, R James ^a   Lawton, Don C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

MARINE MULTICOMPONENT AQUISITION; ANISOTROPY ANALYSIS; FLUID DESCRIPTION; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; RESERVOIR MONITORING; SEISMIC EXPLORATION; STRUCTURAL IMAGING; SUBSURFACE TARGETS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS;

EXPLORATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0037222197     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1543193     Document Type: Article

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