The null space of a generally anisotropic medium in linearized surface reflection tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-50

  Bube, Kenneth P ^a   Meadows, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploration seismology; Frechet derivatives; Reflection seismology; Seismic anisotropy; Seismic tomography; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033372447     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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