'Shortest path' ray tracing for most general 2D/3D anisotropic media

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-63

  Zhou, Bing ^a   Greenhalgh, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2D 3D media; Anisotropy; First arrival; Seismic ray tracing; Shortest path

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144452847     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/2/1/008     Document Type: Article

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