Vertical seismic profile at Pike's Peak, Saskatchewan, Canada: Turning rays and velocity anisotropy

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 401-410

  Newrick, Rachel T ^a   Lawton, Don C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Geophysical methods; Numerical models; P waves; Ray tracing; Seismic methods; Transverse isotropy; Vertical seismic profiles

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILES; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; P-WAVES; SEISMIC METHODS; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

SEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PIKE'S PEAK; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0347543673     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2002.12.001     Document Type: Article

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