Azimuthal Tau-p analysis in a weak orthorhombic medium

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-91

  Samik, Sil ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Azimuth; Delay time; NMO; Numerical approximation; Orthorhombic

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AZIMUTH; DATA PROCESSING; ELASTICITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMOGRAM; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 59649092206     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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