Seismic reflection coefficients of faults at low frequencies: A model study

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-292

  van der Neut, Joost ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^b   Wapenaar, Kees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

FAULT ZONE; GAS/FLUID IDENTIFICATION; LINEAR SLIP THEORY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 42549159453     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2008.00701.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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