Analytic expressions for the velocity sensitivity to the elastic moduli for the most general anisotropic media

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-641

  Zhou, Bing ^a   Greenhalgh, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC MODULI; SEISMIC WAVES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; VELOCITY SENSITIVITY; WAVE SPEEDS;

KINEMATICS;

DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 21444432188     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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