Seismic amplitude inversion for interface geometry: Practical approach for application

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 162-172

  Wang, Yanghua ^a   White, Roy E ^b   Pratt, R Gerhard ^c  

^a Robertson Res International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplitude inversion; Inverse problem; Reflection seismology; Seismic processing; Tomography

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; INTERFACE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0033919113     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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