Seismic Attenuation, Dispersion and Anisotropy in Porous Rocks: Mechanisms and Models

Monday, November 3, 2014 1:30 p.m. ARL Auditorium Dr. Boris Gurevich Curtin University and CSIRO Perth, Australia http://www.csiro.au Understanding and modelling of attenuation of elastic waves in fluid-saturated rocks is important for a range of geophysical technologies that utilise seismic, acoustic or ultrasonic amplitudes. A major cause of elastic wave attenuation is viscous dissipation due…