Analysis of dispersion and attenuation of surface waves in poroelastic media in the exploration-seismic frequency band

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 871-888

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Xu, Yixian ^a   Xia, Jianghai ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Interface waves; Permeability and porosity; Seismic attenuation; Surface waves and free oscillations; Theoretical seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CLOSED PORE; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; FREE SURFACES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY; INTERFACE WAVES; LOW FREQUENCY; NEAR-SURFACE; PARTIALLY PERMEABLE BOUNDARY; PERMEABLE CONDITIONS; PERMEABLE SURFACE; POISSON'S RATIO; POROELASTIC MEDIA; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SURFACE PERMEABILITY; SURFACE WAVE MODES; THEORETICAL SEISMOLOGY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DAMPING; FREQUENCY BANDS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ELASTIC MODULUS; PERMEABILITY; POISSON RATIO; POROELASTICITY; POROSITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 80054678255     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05168.x     Document Type: Article

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