Analysis of image gathers in factorized VTI media

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2016-2025

  Sarkar, Debashish ^a   Tsvankin, Ilya ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT REFLECTION; ERRORS; REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY;

ISOTROPIC MEDIA; PRESTACK DEPTH MIGRATION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; LATERAL HETEROGENEITY; MIGRATION VELOCITY ANALYSIS; PRE-STACK DEPTH MIGRATIONS; PRIORI INFORMATION; TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC MEDIAS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VERTICAL SYMMETRY AXIS;

GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 0347985575     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1635055     Document Type: Article

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