Simultaneous inversion for model geometry and elastic parameters

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 182-190

  Wang, Yanghua ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Robertson Res Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

INTERFACE GEOMETRIES; SIMULTANEOUS INVERSION MODELS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EID: 0033042715     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444514     Document Type: Article

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