ASYMMETRY OF SOUND VELOCITY IN STRATIFIED FORMATIONS
作者:
Burton McCollum,
F. A. Snell,
期刊:
Journal of Applied Physics
(AIP Available online 1932)
卷期:
Volume 2,
issue 3
页码: 174-185
ISSN:0021-8979
年代: 1932
DOI:10.1063/1.1745044
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
In the course of explorations of subsurface geology by the seismograph the authors have frequently observed the pronounced effect of stratification on the velocity of seismic waves in shales, and this effect has often been utilized in practical seismography. Recently an opportunity was afforded for securing additional quantitative data on the velocity normal to and parallel to the bedding planes. The paper points out that the velocity parallel to the planes of stratification is, in some instances, as much as fifty percent higher than the velocity in a direction normal to the bedding planes. It is shown also that inclined stratified beds exhibit a higher apparent point‐to‐point velocity when sound travels in an up‐dip direction than when traveling down‐dip. The paper describes a procedure whereby this effect may be utilized for determining the direction and approximate magnitude of the dip in such stratified deposits. The method has proved to be of considerable practical importance where the stratified formations are obscured by overlying deposits.
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