Vertical propagation of low-frequency waves in finely layered media

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Stovas, Alexey ^a   Arntsen, Børge ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous media; Sediments; Seismic waves; Stratigraphy; Well logging

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WELL LOGGING;

BACKUS AVERAGING; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; LOW-FREQUENCY WAVES; O'DOHERTY-ANSTEY APPROXIMATION; STRATIGRAPHIC-FILTERING EFFECTS; VERTICAL PROPAGATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

SEDIMENT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; STRATIGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 33745077402     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2197488     Document Type: Article

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