Errors due to the common ray approximations of the coupling ray theory

Petr Bulant & Ludek Klimes

Summary

The equations for estimating the travel-time errors due to the isotropic and anisotropic common ray approximations of the coupling ray theory for S waves are presented and numerically tested.

Keywords

Anisotropy, traveltime, shear wave, 3D, ray tracing.

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XI Venezuelan Geophysical Congress Technical Programme, Sociedad Venezolana de Ingenieros Geofisicos (SOVG), Caracas, 2002, 5 pp.
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