Comparison of ray methods with the exact solution in the 1-D anisotropic "simplified twisted crystal" model

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-688

  Bulant, P ^a   Klimes L ^a   Psencik I ^b   Vavrycuk V ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anisotropic ray theory; Coupling ray theory; Isotropic ray theory; Quasi isotropic approximation; Validity conditions of ray methods

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; S-WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 1842569331     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SGEG.0000045476.92151.fe     Document Type: Article

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