2018/03/29 by Adamus, Filip P., Kaderali, Ayiaz
#FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1803.11272
In this paper, we discuss five parameters that indicate the inhomogeneity of a stack of parallel isotropic layers. We show that, in certain situations, they provide further insight into the intrinsic inhomogeneity of a Backus medium, as compared to the Thomsen parameters. Additionally, we show that the Backus average of isotropic layers is isotropic if and only if γ=0. This is in contrast to parameters δ and ε, whose zero values do not imply isotropy.