Seismic attenuation due to wave-induced flow: Why Q in random structures scales differently

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Muller T M ^a   Rothert, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEISMIC WAVES;

COMPRESSIONAL WAVES; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; RANDOM DISORDER;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33845675343     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026789     Document Type: Article

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