Irregular grids in seismic tomography and minimum-time ray tracing

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-165

  Vesnaver, Aldo L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inversion; Ray tracing; Tomography; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

INVERSION; IRREGULAR GRID; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVELTIME;

EID: 0030454882     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05274.x     Document Type: Article

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