Numerical simulation of wave propagation in 2-D fractured media: Scattering attenuation at different stages of the growth of a fracture population

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 865-880

  Vlastos, Serafeim ^a,b,d   Liu, Enru ^a,e   Main, Ian G ^b   Narteau, Clement ^b,c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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

^d ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co ^*  (Greece)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Cellular automaton; Fractures; Multiscattering; Seismic wave propagation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; NUMERICAL METHOD; P-WAVE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RUPTURE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 35348861831     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03582.x     Document Type: Article

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