Waveform inversion of reflection seismic data for kinematic parameters by local optimization

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1033-1052

  Plessix, René Edouard ^a,b   De Roeck, Yann Hervé ^a,b,c   Chavent, G U Y ^a,b,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Cable depth inversion; Inverse problem; Optimization; Velocity inversion

Indexed keywords

BORN APPROXIMATION; CABLE DEPTH INVERSION; VELOCITY INVERSION; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; WAVEFORM INVERSION;

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; KINEMATICS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 0032226422     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827596311980     Document Type: Article

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