Characterization of the null space of a generally anisotropic medium in linearized cross-well tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-84

  Bube, Kenneth P ^a   Meadows, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Fr chet derivatives; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; NULL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031815190     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.1331467.x     Document Type: Article

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