Background velocity estimation using non-linear optimization for reflection tomography and migration misfit

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-78

  Varela, Carlos L ^a   Stoffa, Paul L ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

KIRCHHOFF SUMMATION METHOD; MIGRATION MISFIT; REFLECTION TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EID: 0031672342     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1998.720308.x     Document Type: Article

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