A numerical study on reflection coefficients of fractured media

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Krüger, Oliver S ^a   Saenger, Erik H ^b,d   Oates, Steven J ^c   Shapiro, Serge A ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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

^d Spectraseis AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Rocks; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACKS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ROCKS;

EXPLOSION LINE; FRACTURED HALF-SPACE; POINT SOURCE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 34447328979     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2732690     Document Type: Article

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