Application of reverse time migration to complex imaging problems

First Break

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 65-73

  Farmer, Paul A ^a   Jones, Ian F ^b   Zhou, Hongbo ^a   Bloor, Robert I ^a   Goodwin, Mike C ^b  

^a ION GEOPHYSICAL   (United States)

^b GX Technology EAME   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING METHOD; PRESTACK MIGRATION; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 33748310743     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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