Converted-wave splitting estimation and compensation

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Simmons Jr , James L ^a  

^a ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FRACTURE; SHEAR WAVES;

ESTIMATION AND COMPENSATION; HORIZONTAL TRANSVERSE ISOTROPIES; PRINCIPAL DIRECTIONS; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUB-SURFACE FRACTURES; TRANSVERSE COMPONENTS; TRANSVERSE COORDINATE; VARIABLE PARAMETERS;

SHEAR FLOW;

AZIMUTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRESTACK MIGRATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; TRAVEL TIME; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE SPLITTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58149460219     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3036009     Document Type: Article

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