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. (1)
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REFERENCES
Alford, R.M., 1986, Shear data in the presence of azimuthal anisotropy: Dilley, Texas: 56th Ann. Internat. Mtg. Soc. Explor. Geophys., Expanded Abstracts, 476–479.
Anonymous, 2004, Instructions to Authors: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists. [Web document]: Accessed 31 August, 2004. Available at <http://www.aseg.org.au/publications/eg_sampler.pdf>.
Baker, D. W., and Carter, N.L., 1972, Seismic velocity anisotropy calculated for ultramafic minerals and aggregates: in Heard, H.C., Borg, I.V., Carter, N.L., and Raleigh, C.B. (eds.), Flow and fracture of rocks: Am. Geophys. Union, Geophys. Mono 16, 157–166.
Benhama, A., Cliet, C. and Dubesset, M., 1988, Study and application of spatial directional filtering in three-component recordings: Geophys. Prosp. 36, 591–613.
Castagna, J. P., 1993, Petrophysical imaging using AVO: The Leading Edge, 12, 172–179.
Crampin, S., Evans, R., Ucer, B., Doyle, M., Davis, J.P., Yegorkina, G.V. and Miller, A., 1980, Observations of dilatancy-induced polarisation anomalies and earthquake prediction: Nature, 286, 874–877.
Davis, P.J., and Rabinowitz, P., 1975, Methods of numerical integration: Academic Press Inc.
Kramer, D., 1991, Multi-component multi-offset VSP processing: 61st Ann. Internat. Mtg. Soc. Explor. Geophys., Expanded Abstracts, 38–42.
Luo Mu, 1996, Seismic applications of multi-component wavefield separation techniques: M.Sc. thesis (unpublished), University of Queensland.
Stone, P.M., and Simsky, A., 2001, Constructing high resolution DEMs from airborne laser scanner data: 15th Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Extended Abstracts, nnn–nnn.
Thomas, L., 2003, Instructions for Authors for Exploration Geophysics Journal: (preprint).
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EQUATIONS
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fH = arctan { tan fT cos a } , (1)
where a is the angle between horizontal and transverse planes (obtained as the estimated inclination of the P-wave ray path at the geophone, as described previously).
Using Equation Editor (v3) is also acceptable, especially for more complicated equations. However, remember to identify all symbols used, especially if they are ambiguous (v or n, w or w, x or ´ are a few examples.
Tables
An example of a table, set in Word. Do not use vertical rules to separate columns. Do use decimal-point alignment in columns of actual figures.
Macroband / Depth / Depth / Mean Bulk susc. / Coeff. Var. / Total Fe as Fe2O3 / DensityFrom / To / (SI units) / (%) / (%) / (g/cm3)
DB16 / 370.41 / 384.58 / 0.2809 / 2.154 / 47.91 / 3.477
DB12 / 412.67 / 422.01 / 0.3955 / 2.865 / 44.51 / 3.401
DB11 / 422.2 / 426.93 / 0.2476 / 5.231 / 44.79 / 3.4
DB10 / 427.86 / 434.07 / 0.2566 / 4.926 / 41.54 / 3.317
DB9 / 435.11 / 442.8 / 0.3853 / 3.392 / 42.86 / 3.326
DB8 / 443.76 / 447.69 / 0.1682 / 6.046 / 43.52 / 3.364
DB7 / 448.04 / 452.81 / 0.2725 / 4.253 / 47.57 / 3.47
DB6 / 453.37 / 456.86 / 0.2095 / 5.371 / 50.78 / 3.537
DB5 / 460.98 / 464.49 / 0.2432 / 4.844 / 46.15 / 3.426
DB2 / 477.475 / 482.345 / 0.357 / 3.448 / 46.32 / 3.428
DB1 / 482.685 / 489.87 / 0.3077 / 3.367 / 49 / 3.465
DB0 / 489.9 / 501.78 / 0.2949 / 2.631 / 46.8 / 3.439
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