New travel-time approximations for a transversely isotropic medium

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-133

  Stovas, Alexey ^a   Ursin, Bjorn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Seismic waves; Travel time

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC SURVEY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 33645415696     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/1/2/004     Document Type: Article

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