2.5-D true-amplitude Kirchhoff migration to zero offset in laterally inhomogeneous media

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 557-573

  Tygel, Martin ^a   Schleicher, Jörg ^a,b   Hubral, Peter ^b   Santos, Lúcio T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOLOGIC MODELS;

KIRCHHOFF MIGRATION SCHEME; MIGRATION TO ZERO OFFSET (MZO);

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DEPTH MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0032030038     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444356     Document Type: Article

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