τ-p analysis in transversely isotropic media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 647-658

  Sen, Mrinal K ^a   Mukherjee, Anubrati ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Delay time; Move out

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA PROCESSING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0141745965     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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