Inverse-ray imaging from triangulation of zero-offset reflection times

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 599-610

  Wang, Tan K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Forearc basin; Migration; Normal incidence; Ray tracing; Subduction

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRIANGULATION;

EID: 26844433385     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02747.x     Document Type: Article

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