Prestack Gaussian-beam depth migration in anisotropic media

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Tianfei ^a   Gray, Samuel H ^a   Wang, Daoliu ^b  

^a CGG   (France)

^b CGG   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Geophysical techniques; Inhomogeneous media; Ray tracing; Rocks; Seismic waves; Seismology; Wave equations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELASTICITY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; RAY TRACING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; ORTHORHOMBIC MEDIA; PRESTACK KIRCHOFF MIGRATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; GAUSSIAN METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; INHOMOGENEITY; KIRCHHOFF EQUATION; PRESTACK MIGRATION; RAY TRACING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 34248679047     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2711423     Document Type: Article

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