Error propagation in non-linear delay-time tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 632-638

  Dorren, H J S ^a,b   Snieder, R K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Non linearity; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ERROR PROPAGATION; NON-LINEARITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVELTIME;

EID: 0030858282     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05324.x     Document Type: Article

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