Reflection waveform inversion using local descent methods: Estimating attenuation and velocity over a gas-sand deposit

Geophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 598-612

  Hicks, Graham J ^a,b   Pratt, R Gerhard ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; REFLECTION; SAND; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; BACKPROPAGATION; DEPOSITS; SEISMIC WAVES;

LOCAL DESCENT METHODS; ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION; ATTENUATION LEVELS; INVERSION PROCEDURE; INVERSION TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; STRONG NONLINEARITY; SUCCESSIVE ITERATION; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

GEOPHYSICS; VELOCITY;

DATA INVERSION; GAS FIELD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035271218     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444951     Document Type: Article

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