Building anisotropic models , by Dave Nichols

The elastic properties of layered and fractured anisotropic media can be calculated using the group theoretic approach of Schoenberg and Muir. I present a computational toolkit for calculating these properties from the properties of the constituent rocks. The toolkit is used to build a model with laterally varying anisotropy. Synthetic data produced by finite difference elastic modeling demonstrates the effects of this type of anisotropy.


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