Modelling strategies and model assessment for wide-angle seismic traveltime data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 183-204

  Zelt, Colin A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inversion; Seismic modelling; Seismic refraction; Traveltime; Wide angle reflection

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SEISMIC DATA; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0033376457     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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