Scattering of elastic waves in geometrically anisotropic random media and its implication to sounding of heterogeneity in the Earth's deep interior

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 324-338

  Hong, Tae Kyung ^a,b   Wu, Ru Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Elastic waves; Geometrical anisotropy; Minimum scattering angle; Numerical modelling; Scattering; Theory; Wavelet based method; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745236656     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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