Least-squares inversion of in-situ sonic Q measurements: Stability and resolution

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 378-385

  Dasios, Aristotelis ^a   McCann, Clive ^b   Astin, Timothy ^b  

^a Micromuse Inc   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATTENUATION; CORRELATION METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RELIABILITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; RECEIVERS (CONTAINERS); ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY;

FULL-WAVEFORM SONICS; LEAST-SQUARE INVERSION; LOGARTHIMIC SPECTRAL RATION (LSR); ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; EFFECTIVE ATTENUATION; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; INSTANTANEOUS FREQUENCY; LEAST-SQUARES INVERSION; MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS; NORMALIZED CROSS-CORRELATION;

GEOPHYSICS; FOSSIL FUELS;

DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC METHOD; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 2342631245     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1707056     Document Type: Article

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