A practical method for estimating effective parameters of anisotropy from reflection seismic data

Geophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 681-689

  Isaac, Helen J ^a   Lawton, Don C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA HANDLING; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; DATA REDUCTION; FOSSIL FUELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; REFLECTION;

ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATE; REFLECTION SEISMIC; TILTED TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 31444440670     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1759454     Document Type: Article

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