Modelling frequency-dependent seismic anisotropy in fluid-saturated rock with aligned fractures: Implication of fracture size estimation from anisotropic measurements

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-392

  Maultzsch, Sonja ^a   Chapman, Mark ^a   Liu, Enru ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATTENUATION; ELASTICITY; MICROCRACKING; ROCKS;

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; MICROCRACK; SATURATED MEDIUM; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 0141782184     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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