Seismic attenuation: Observations and mechanisms

Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 75th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1565-1568

  Batzle, M ^a   Hofmann, Ronny ^a   Prasad, Manika ^a   Kumar, Gautam ^b   Duranti, L ^c   Han, De Hua ^d  

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

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c Chevron Texaco   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLUID INTERACTIONS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; HETEROGENEOUS REGION; SATURATION CONDITIONS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC FREQUENCIES; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 84977473553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2147991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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