Local determination of weak anisotropy parameters from walkaway VSP qP-wave data in the Java Sea region

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 215-231

  Gomes, E ^a   Zheng, X ^b,c   Psencik I ^c   Horne, S ^d   Leaney, S ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b OPERA   (France)

^c GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d WESTERNGECO   (United Kingdom)

^e SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Local inversion; Polarization vector; qP waves; Slowness vector; Walkaway VSP; Weak anisotropy; Weak anisotropy (WA) parameters

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; DATA INVERSION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

INDONESIAN SEAS; JAVA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1842427516     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SGEG.0000015593.29477.88     Document Type: Article

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