Automatic NMO correction and velocity estimation by a feedforward neural network

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1696-1707

  Calderón Macías, Carlos ^a,b   Sen, Mrinal K ^a   Stoffa, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Data processing; Seismic method; Seismic velocity

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FEEDFORWARD NEURAL NETWORKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

NORMAL MOVE-OUT (NMO) CORRECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0032172620     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444465     Document Type: Article

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