Rational interpolation of qP-traveltimes for semblance-based anisotropy estimation in layered VTI media

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Douma, Huub ^a,c   van der Baan, Mirko ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; INTERPOLATION; SEISMIC WAVES;

ANISOTROPY ESTIMATION; ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; INTERVAL VALUE; LAYER STRIPPING; RATIONAL INTERPOLATION; SEMBLANCE ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIAS; VERTICAL SYMMETRY AXIS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERPOLATION; LAYERED MEDIUM; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 48949103906     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2938036     Document Type: Article

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