Plane-wave attenuation anisotropy in orthorhombic media

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Yaping ^a,b   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Rocks; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATTENUATION; FRACTURING FLUIDS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATTENUATION-ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; ORTHOROMBIC MEDIA; PLANE-WAVE ATTENUATION ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SIGNATURES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STIFFNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33846046450     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2387137     Document Type: Article

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