Role of the inhomogeneity angle in anisotropic attenuation analysis

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Behura, Jyoti ^a,b   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Geophysical techniques; Numerical analysis; Seismic waves; Seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; COMPUTATION THEORY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUP THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANISOTROPIC MODELS; ANISOTROPIC VELOCITIES; ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; ATTENUATION CONTRAST; FIRST ORDER PERTURBATION THEORY; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; REAL AND IMAGINARY;

ANISOTROPY;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; Q FACTOR; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 71049149668     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3148439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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