Bayesian seismic waveform inversion: Parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B2, 1998, Pages 2759-2779

  Gouveia, Wences P ^a,b   Scales, John A ^a  

^a NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation s Urban Water Infrastructure   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

EID: 0031872455     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02933     Document Type: Article

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