Layer-induced seismic anisotropy from full-wave sonic logs: Theory, application, and validation

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Liner, Christopher L ^a   Fei, Tong W ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Elastic waves; Seismology; Well logging

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; FRACTURE; SEISMOLOGY; WELL LOGGING;

ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; FULL-WAVE SONIC LOGS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING;

SEISMIC WAVES;

DATA PROCESSING; DEPTH; ELASTIC WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE FIELD; WAVELENGTH; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 33751036620     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2356997     Document Type: Article

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