3-D moveout inversion in azimuthally anisotropic media with lateral velocity variation: Theory and a case study

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1202-1218

  Grechka, Vladimir ^a   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 0000125580     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444627     Document Type: Article

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