Assessment of P-wave anisotropy by means of velocity elipsoid

Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Petružálek, Matěj ^a,b   Vilhelm, Jan ^a,b   Lokajíček, Tomáš ^a   Rudajev, Vladimír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Elastic wave velocity; Foliation; Loading; Ultrasound sounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450205049     PISSN: 12149705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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