First-order P-wave ray synthetic seismograms in inhomogeneous weakly anisotropic media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1243-1252

  Pšenčík, Ivan ^a   Farra, Véronique ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous media; P waves; Perturbation methods; Seismic anisotropy; Seismicray theory; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; GREEN FUNCTION; P-WAVE; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 34548142306     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03474.x     Document Type: Article

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