Physical modeling and analysis of P-wave attenuation anisotropy in transversely isotropic media

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Yaping ^a,b   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a   Dewangan, Pawan ^a,c   van Wijk, Kasper ^a,d  

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

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Rocks; Seismic waves; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ATTENUATION; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE-PRESERVING MIGRATION; AMPLITUDE-VARIATION-WITH-OFFSET (AVO) ANALYSIS; ANISOTROPIC ATTENUATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AVO METHOD; MODELING; P-WAVE; Q FACTOR; ROCK; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846050914     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2374797     Document Type: Article

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