Open AccessExperimental study of shear‐waves from shots in anisotropic media
Author(s) -
Galperina R.M.,
Galperin E.I.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1987.tb05243.x
Subject(s) - geophone , geology , shear wave splitting , shear (geology) , anisotropy , diapir , seismic anisotropy , isotropy , shear waves , azimuth , seismic wave , seismology , geophysics , reflection (computer programming) , longitudinal wave , wave propagation , optics , physics , petrology , tectonics , mantle (geology) , computer science , programming language
Summary. A complex array of vertical‐seismic‐profiles and reflection surveys in the Taman Peninsula, Krasnodar, using geophones with inclined axes, is used to investigate shear‐wave splitting in thick Maikopian clays characterised by pronounced diapirism. The shear waves split into SH (faster) and SV (slower) components and display transverse isotropy with a vertical axis of symmetry with a maximum shear‐wave delay of up to 0.5 s . Within the accuracy of the observations there is no azimuthal anisotropy.