Prestack depth migration of dense wide-angle seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 193-208

  Zelt, B C ^a,c   Talwani, M ^a,b   Zelt, C A ^b  

^a HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Imaging; Prestack depth migration; Wide angle migration

Indexed keywords

DEPTH MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0031665646     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00265-5     Document Type: Article

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