Linearized amplitude variation with offset (AVO) inversion with supercritical angles

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Downton, Jonathan E ^a   Ursenbach, Charles ^b  

^a Veritas   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geophysical prospecting; Reflectivity; Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSET (AVO) ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ANGLE; LINEARIZED APPROXIMATION; ZOEPPRITZ EQUATIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

AVO METHOD; DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748861601     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2227617     Document Type: Article

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