Recursive seismic ray modelling: Applications in inversion and VSP

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 885-908

  Moser, T J ^a   Pajchel, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

RECURSIVE SEISMIC RAY MODELLING; SEISMIC INVERSION; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

INVERSION; SEISMIC RAY MODELLING; VSP;

EID: 0031277511     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.690307.x     Document Type: Article

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