Wavefield smoothing and the effect of rough velocity perturbations on arrival times and amplitudes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 796-812

  Snieder, Roel ^a   Lomax, Anthony ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ray theory; Scattering; Tomography; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

RAY THEORY; SCATTERING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0029769175     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06024.x     Document Type: Article

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