Rapid multi-wave-type ray tracing in complex 2-D and 3-D isotropic media

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 298-307

  Mao, Weijian ^a   Stuart, Graham W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

FERMAT'S MINIMUM TIME PRINCIPLE; MULTIPHASE TRAVELTIME TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL RAY TRACE SEISMIC MODELING;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ISOTROPIC MEDIUM; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC MODELLING; TRAVELTIME TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030848128     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444131     Document Type: Article

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