Monte-Carlo Bayesian look-ahead inversion of walkaway vertical seismic profiles

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 689-703

  Malinverno, Alberto ^a,c   Scott Leaney, W ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAYERED MODEL; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE (VSP);

CORRELATION METHODS; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAMPLING; SET THEORY;

SEISMOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 28244448497     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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