Migration velocity analysis using a genetic algorithm1

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 865-878

  Docherty, Paul ^a   Suva, Ron ^b   Singh, Satish ^a   Song, Zhong Min ^a   Wood, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Robertson Res International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VELOCITY;

MIGRATION VELOCITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MODEL; ZERO OFFSET TIME;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

GENETIC ALGORITHM; INVERSE PROBLEM; MIGRATION VELOCITY ANALYSIS; PRESTACK IMAGING; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031225026     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.640298.x     Document Type: Article

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