Amplitude and AVO responses of a single thin bed

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1161-1168

  Liu, Yinbin ^a   Schmitt, Douglas R ^b  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (Canada)

^b Institute for Geophysical Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

WAVELENGTHS; AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSETS; EXACT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; POSTCRITICAL REFLECTIONS; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; REFLECTION AMPLITUDE; RESERVOIR GEOPHYSICS; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SIZE EFFECTS;

SEISMOLOGY; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION;

ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE; AVO METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LAYER; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0141514481     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1598108     Document Type: Article

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