Attenuation anisotropy of P- and S-waves: Theory and laboratory experiment

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 16, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 235-264

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

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

Attenuation; Fractured medium; Laboratory experiment; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 39149121519     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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