A fractal-based algorithm for detecting first arrivals on seismic traces

Geophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1095-1102

  Boschetti, Fabio ^a   Dentith, Mike D ^a   List, Ron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DATA STRUCTURES; FRACTALS; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIVIDER METHOD; SEISMIC FIRST ARRIVALS; SEISMIC SURVEYING;

ALGORITHMS;

FIRST ARRIVAL; FRACTAL DIMENSION; SEISMIC TRACE; TRAVELTIME;

EID: 0030184081     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444030     Document Type: Article

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