Explicit expressions for prestack map time migration in isotropic and VTI media and the applicability of map depth migration in heterogeneous anisotropic media

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Douma, Huub ^a   de Hoop, Maarten V ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Data acquisition; Nonlinear equations; Seismic waves

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY;

DEMIGRATION EQUATIONS; PRESTACK MAP TIME MIGRATION; VERTICAL SYMMETRY AXIS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 31744442905     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2159057     Document Type: Article

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