3-D non-linear travel-time tomography: Imaging high contrast velocity anomalies

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2029-2049

  Bai, Chao Ying ^a   Greenhalgh, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 D case; A revised 'irregular' approach of the shortest path; High velocity anomaly reconstruction; Travel time tomography

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 21844431688     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2703-x     Document Type: Article

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