Depth extent of the fault-zone seismic waveguide: Effects of increasing velocity with depth

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 611-622

  Wu, Jiedi ^a   Hole, John A ^a   Snoke, J Arthur ^a   Imhof, Matthias G ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

And modelling; Guided waves; Mechanics; Theory; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; DATA PROCESSING; DEPTH DETERMINATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELASTIC WAVE; FAULT ZONE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 42349098941     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03755.x     Document Type: Article

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