Seismic imaging of complex structures by non-linear traveltime inversion of dense wide-angle data: Application to a thrust belt

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 264-278

  Improta, L ^a   Zollo, A ^a   Herrero, A ^b   Frattini, R ^a   Virieux, J ^c   Dell'Aversana, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d Enterprise Oil Italiana SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex geological environment; Dense wid angle data; Interface inversion; Non linear inversion; Transmission tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THRUST;

EID: 0036787114     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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