Numerical experiments of fracture-induced velocity and attenuation anisotropy

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1179-1191

  Carcione, J M ^a   Picotti, S ^a   Santos, J E ^b,c,d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractures and faults; Numerical solutions; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic attenuation; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; BACKGROUND MEDIUM; EARTH'S CRUST; ENERGY VELOCITY; FINITE-ELEMENT; FRACTURE SPACING; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; GALERKIN; LONG WAVELENGTH; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PROPAGATION DIRECTION; QUALITY FACTORS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES; TECTONIC STRESS; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; EXPERIMENTS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FRACTURE;

FAULT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; GALERKIN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84869080636     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05697.x     Document Type: Article

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