Velocity imaging by tau-p transformation of refracted seismic traveltimes

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Barton, P ^a   Barker, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; REFRACTION;

SEISMIC INVERSION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRANSFORMATION; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 0038546659     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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