Study of out-of-plane effects in the inversion of refraction/wide-angle reflection traveltimes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 209-221

  Zelt, C A ^a   Zelt, B C ^b,c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOUSTON ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inversion; Out of plane effects; Refraction; Seismic; Traveltime; Wide angle reflection

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0031844948     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00266-7     Document Type: Article

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