Mean traveltime curves analysis: A method to improve understanding of data behaviour in 2-D transmission tomography at the pre-inversion stage

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-373

  Fernández Martínez, Juan L ^a   Fernández Alvarez, José P ^a   Pedruelo González, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inverse problems; Mean traveltime curves; Transmission tomography; Traveltime quality analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEM; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745964006     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-005-9015-7     Document Type: Article

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