Simultaneous velocity and interface tomography of normal-incidence and wide-aperture seismic traveltime data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-99

  McCaughey, Michael ^a,b   Singh, Satish C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Ray tracing; Seismic reflection; Seismic refraction; Tomography; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

RAY TRACING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; TRAVELTIME;

EID: 0031411079     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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