Intrinsic and layer-induced vertical transverse isotropy

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1708-1713

  Bakulin, Andrey ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0242579636     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1620644     Document Type: Article

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