Refraction tomography by blocky parameterization

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-156

  Shin, Changsoo ^a   Ha, Junghee ^a   Jeong, Sangyong ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Ah Constr Industrial Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blocky layers; Partial derivatives; Refraction tomography; Triangular finite element; Wavefront method

Indexed keywords

PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SHALLOW SOIL;

EID: 0033165732     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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