The limits of narrow and wide-angle AVA inversions for high Vp/Vs ratios: An application to elastic seabed characterization

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 131, Issue , 2016, Pages 54-68

  Aleardi, Mattia ^a   Tognarelli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplitude versus angle inversion; High Vp Vs ratios; Seabed characterization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CROSSTALK; ELASTICITY; GAS INDUSTRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR WAVES; VISCOELASTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AMPLITUDE VERSUS ANGLE INVERSION; ELASTIC PARAMETERS; HIGH VP/VS RATIOS; OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTIONS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; VISCO-ELASTIC PARAMETERS; VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS; WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION;

SEISMIC WAVES;

AMPLITUDE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84971539062     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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