Removal of internal multiples with the common-focus-point (CFP) approach: Part 1 - Explanation of the theory

Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Berkhout, A J ^a   Verschuur, D J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; WAVE FILTERS;

DOWNWARD-SCATTERING LAYERS; MULTICHANNEL PREDICTION FILTERS; SURFACE MULTIPLES; WAVE THEORY;

GEOPHYSICS;

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 20844432679     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1925753     Document Type: Article

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