Attenuation anisotropy linked to velocity anisotropy: Theory and ultrasonic experiment

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-153

  Chichinina, T ^a   Ronquillo Jarillo, G ^a   Sabinin, V ^a   Obolentseva, I ^b   Gik, L ^b   Bobrov, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 37549035031     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2792400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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