Rational approximation for estimation of quality Q factor and phase velocity in linear, viscoelastic, isotropic media

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-133

  Zhang, Dali ^a   Lamoureux, Michael P ^a   Margrave, Gary F ^a   Cherkaev, Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex velocity; Quality factor; Rational approximation; Relaxation spectrum; Stieltjes representation; Viscoelastic modulus

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEISMIC WAVE; VISCOELASTICITY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 78650685074     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-010-9201-7     Document Type: Article

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