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Pseudo-isotropy about the Z axis

The condition is that

<I>WI><I>zI> = <I>WI><I>xnmoI> (13)

For P waves this means
\begin{eqnarray}
W_{33} & = & W_{44} + \frac{(W_{13} + W_{44})^2}{W_{33} - W_{44}} \end{eqnarray} (14)
which is

(<I>W13I> + <I>W44I>)2 = (<I>W33I> - <I>W44I>)2 (15)


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Stanford Exploration Project
11/17/1997