Velocity images from stacking depth-slowness seismic wavefields

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 583-592

  Jones, Geraint D ^a,c   Barton, Penny J ^a   Singh, Satish C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IPG Paris   (France)

^c Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping Plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depth slowness; Downward continuation; Intercept time; Slowness; Tau; Velocity image

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; IMAGING METHOD; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC WAVE; STACKING; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33846682238     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03055.x     Document Type: Article

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