Two-dimensional elastic full waveform inversion using Born and Rytov formulations in the frequency domain

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 605-633

  Gelis C ^a,b   Virieux, J ^a   Grandjean, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Born and Rytov formulations; Diffraction tomography; Finite difference methods; Medium wavenumber illumination; Seismic imaging; Waveform inversion

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; WAVE FIELD; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846709770     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03135.x     Document Type: Article

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