Inversion of shallow-siesmic wavefields: II. Inferring subsurface properties from wavefield transforms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 735-752

  Forbriger, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Full wavefield inversion; Joint inversion; Low velocity channel; Near field; Rayleigh waves; Shallow seismics

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037932041     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01985.x     Document Type: Article

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