Estimating vertical stochastic scale parameters from seismic reflection data: Deconvolution with non-white reflectivity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 769-778

  Poppeliers, Christian ^a  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal scattering; Stochastic inversion; Von K rm n

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; STOCHASTICITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 33846664193     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03239.x     Document Type: Article

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