Traveltime computation and pre-stack time migration in transversely isotropic media

Journal of Seismic Exploration

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-225

  Mukherjee, Anubrati ^a   Sen, Mrinal K ^b   Stoffa, Paul L ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Group velocity; Migration; Phase velocity; Plane wave; Transverse anisotropy; Traveltime

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 19744363383     PISSN: 09630651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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