Physical modelling studies of 3-D P-wave seismic for fracture detection

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 745-756

  Wang, Shangxu ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^a   Qian, Zhongping ^b   Di, Bangrang ^a   Wei, Jianxin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 DP wave; Anisotropy; Fractures; Physical modelling

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; AZIMUTH; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 33846686797     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03215.x     Document Type: Article

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