Kirchhoff diffraction mapping in media with large velocity contrasts

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2072-2081

  Zhao, Ping ^a,b   Uren, Norm F ^a   Wenzel, Friedemann ^c   Hatherly, P J ^d   McDonald, John A ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PGS Technology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAY TRACING;

DIFFRACTION MAPPING ALGORITHM; KIRCHHOFF MIGRATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; DIFFRACTION; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0032214806     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444500     Document Type: Article

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