Inversion of P-wave VSP data for local anisotropy: Theory and case study

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Mateeva, Albena ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Data acquisition; Data recording; Geophysical prospecting; rocks; Sediments; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA RECORDING; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

DOWNHOLE GEOPHONE; POLARIZATION VECTORS; SLOWNESS-POLARIZATION METHOD;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INVERSION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 34447323564     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2742970     Document Type: Article

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