Measuring velocity dispersion and attenuation in the exploration seismic frequency band

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Sun, Langqiu F ^a   Milkereit, Bernd ^a   Schmitt, Douglas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DISPERSION (WAVES); GAS HYDRATES; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; VIBRATORS;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; INSTANTANEOUS PHASE; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION METHODS; VELOCITY DISPERSION; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA PROCESSING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HETEROGENEITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 63049125819     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3068426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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