On the retrieval of moment tensors from borehole data

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 381-391

  Vavryčuk, Václav ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOREHOLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

MOMENT TENSORS; SHEAR FAULTING;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; BOREHOLE; FAULTING; MOMENT TENSOR; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR; TENSILE STRESS; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

EID: 34250324697     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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