Frequency-dependent anisotropy: Effects of multiple fracture sets on shear-wave polarizations

Wave Motion

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-57

  Liu, Enru ^a   Chapman, Mark ^a   Zhang, Zhongjie ^b   Queen, John H ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Hi Q Geophysical   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Effective medium theory; Multi fracture sets; Polarization; Poroelasticity; Shear wave

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; POLARIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT ANISOTROPY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING;

SHEAR WAVES;

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; POLARIZATION; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION; POROELASTICITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33751118483     PISSN: 01652125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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