3-D seismic endoscopy: Multiscale analysis and dynamic azimuthal filtering of borehole waves

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 813-828

  Valero, Henri Pierre ^a,b   Saracco, Ginette ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Azimuthal move out; Complex continuous wavelet transform; Demodulation; Dynamic Stoneley move out; Multiscale filtering; Three dimensional geophysical imaging

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC METHOD;

EID: 20444437243     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02616.x     Document Type: Article

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