Anisotropic attenuation in VSP data

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 16, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 145-158

  Maultzsch, Sonja ^a,b   Chapman, Mark ^a   Liu, Enru ^a   Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Fractures; Poroelasticity; Squirt flow; VSP data

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; P-WAVE; POROELASTICITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 39149086729     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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