Azimuthal τ-p analysis in anisotropic media

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 587-597

  Sil, Samik ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Numerical approximation and analysis; Seismic anistropy; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; AZIMUTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; P-WAVE; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 54849418629     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03882.x     Document Type: Article

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