Wave-equation-based seismic illumination analysis

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Xie, Xiao Bi ^a   Jin, Shengwen ^b   Wu, Ru Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Screen Imaging Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical signal processing; Geophysical techniques; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

FRESNEL-ZONE SMOOTHING; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC ILLUMINATION ANALYSIS; VELOCITY-MODEL SMOOTHING;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ENERGY FLUX; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE EQUATION;

EID: 33748870005     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2227619     Document Type: Article

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