A numerical free-surface condition for elastic/viscoelastic finite-difference modeling in the presence of topography

Geophysics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1921-1934

  Robertsson, Johan O A ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELASTIC/VISCOELASTIC FINITE DIFFERENCE MODELLING;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SEISMIC MODELLING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030292018     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444107     Document Type: Article

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