3D ray tracing using a modified shortest-path method

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Bai, Chao Ying ^a   Greenhalgh, Stewart ^b   Zhou, Bing ^b  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geophysical techniques; Ray tracing; Seismic waves; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRID COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC WAVES;

COMPLEX VELOCITY FIELD; MARMOUSI MODEL; SHORTEST-PATH METHOD;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 34447317214     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2732549     Document Type: Article

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