The information content of the elastic reflection matrix

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 214-228

  Ursin, Bjørn ^a   Tjåland, Egil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Inversion; P waves; S waves; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MEDIUM; P WAVE; REFLECTION MATRIX; S WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0029756264     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06547.x     Document Type: Article

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