The 'gap' between seismic ray theory and 'full' wavefield extrapolation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 364-380

  Thomson, C J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Body waves; Finite difference methods; One way wave equations; Ray theory

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0032986907     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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