Appendix C: Symbols Used in Geophysical Exploration

The following symbols are recommended for publications of the SEG. Additional symbols used in well logging and mathematics are listed in Appendices D and E. Symbols are generally bold face when they indicate vector quantities. a A AMT bB c C dD ds e E eE EM F f,F FE FEM g G G, G h hH I I i,j i, j, k IP J k Ke Km L m M m, M MF MIP MMR MT n n p P PFE Apparent as a subscript; velocity gradient with depth; year. Area. Audiomagnetotelluric. Magnetic induction in time/frequency domain. Velocity of light; seismic velocity. Capacitance Q / V . Electric displacement in time/frequency domain. Depth of source/shot. Base of natural logarithms. Youngs modulus; elevation; voltage EMF. Electric eld strength in time/frequency domain. Electromagnetic. Magnetic vector potential. Frequency; fair reliable but with less accuracy/certainty than desirable; function. Frequency effect. Frequency-domain electromagnetic. Acceleration of gravity. Conductance. Scalar/tensor Greens function. Thickness. Magnetic eld strength in time/frequency domain. Current scalar. Intensity of magnetization a vector; current vector. ( 1) 1/2 . Unit vectors in the x-, y-, z-direction. Induced electric polarization. Free charge current density a vector. Bulk modulus; susceptibility. Relative dielectric permittivity [ k e 1(4 0 )]. Relative magnetic permeability [ k m ( 0 /4 )]. Inductance; area over a decay curve; length. Volume chargeability. Mutual inductance, integral chargeability. Magnetic polarization in time/frequency domain. Metal factor. Magnetic induced electric polarization. Magnetometric resistivity. Magnetotelluric. Unit normal vector. Index of refraction. Raypath parameter; pressure. Polarization; dipole moment/volume; poor probably reliable with poor accuracy; pressure. Percent frequency effect.
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P, P q Q r r R s S t T TEM ux , uy , uz u , u , uz ur , u , u U v, V V vp,VP wx x X y z zn Z

Magnetic polarization in time/frequency domain. Charge. Heat-ow rate. Position vector. Radial distance. Resistance; reectivity reection coefcient; radius. Laplace transform variable. Admittance 1/ Z ; surface. Time; traveltime. Period; temperature; age. Time-domain electromagnetic. Unit vectors in Cartesian coordinates or i, j, k. Unit vectors in cylindrical coordinates. Unit vectors in spherical coordinates. Group velocity; magnetic scalar potential. Velocity; phase velocity; volume Voltage; electric or gravity scalar potential. Very poor in both reliability and accuracy. Weathering. Offset distance; distance. Reactance; X C 1/(2 v C ); X L 2 v L . Admittance. Depth Time delay of n units. Impedance.

alpha beta gamma delta

tan , tan m, tan em Delta epsilon eta theta c Theta kappa lambda mu

xi rho sigma tau

P-wave velocity; proportional to; attenuation factor seismology, propagation constant electromagnetic, phase constant; -particles. S-wave velocity, -particles, attenuation constant electromagnetic. Skewness; gyromagnetic ratio; unit of magnetic eld strength; phase angle; gravitational constant; gamma ray. Impulse ( ( t ) or t ; logarithmic decrement; skin depth; depth of penetration. Dielectric, magnetic, electromagnetic loss tangent. Difference; dilatation; skin depth or attenuation length. Permittivity; eccentricity. Overvoltage; absorption coefcient. Angle; induction number. Critical angle. 2 (wavenumber) 2 / . s constant. Wavelength; coefcient of anisotropy; Lame Magnetic permeability B / H ; micro; Lames shear modulus; damping factor, attenuation constant radiometric; viscosity. Dip. Density; electric resistivity; radius of curvature; radial distance, charge density. Poissons ratio; electrical conductivity; standard deviation; stress. Time delay; damping factor.

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phi chi psi omega Omega Del.

Porosity; ux; correlation function; latitude. Magnetic susceptibility. Wave function. Angular frequency. Ohm. Gradient operator a vector. Convolution operator.