Foundations of anisotropy for exploration seismics. ([2015?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Klaus Helbig, Emeritus Professor of Exploration Geophysics, Rijksuniversity of Utrecht and Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• Authors: Helbig, Klaus
• Contents: Chapter headings: Fundamentals. Tools for the Description of Wave Propagation under Piecewise Homogeneous Anisotropic Conditions. Elasticity. Elastic Waves - The Dispersion Relation and some Generalities about Slowness and Wave Surfaces. Stability Constraints. One-Parameter Expressions for the Slowness Surfaces of Transversely Isotropic Media and the Slowness Curves in the Planes of Symmetry of Orthorhombic Media. One-Parameter Expressions for the Wave Curves in the Symmetry Planes of Orthorhombic Media. Squared Slowness Surfaces and Squared Slowness Curves. Causes of Anisotropy: Periodic Fine Layering. Anisotropy and Seismic Exploration. Eigentensors of the Elastic Tensor and their Relationship with Material Symmetry.
• Publisher Details: Oxford, England : Pergamon
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 486 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 622.1592; Seismic prospecting; Anisotropy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080571553; 0080571557
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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