Finite-difference modelling of S-wave splitting in anisotropic media

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 293-312

  Bansal, Reeshidev ^a,b   Sen, Mrinal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

LOW-FREQUENCY EQUIVALENT MEDIA THEORIES; ROTATED STAGGERED GRID SCHEME; S-WAVE SPLITTING;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; S-WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SPLITTING; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 42549149281     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00693.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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