Crosshole radar velocity tomography with finite-frequency Fresnel volume sensitivities

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Buursink, Marc L ^a,e   Johnson, Timothy C ^b,e   Routh, Partha S ^c,e   Knoll, Michael D ^d,e  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Conoco Phillips ^*  (United States)

^d Boise State University ^*  (United States)

^e BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic theory; Hydrogeophysics; Tomography; Wave propagation; Wave scattering and diffraction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; FORWARD MODELING; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGING METHOD; POROSITY; RADAR; RAY TRACING; SOIL WATER; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME; VADOSE ZONE; WATER RETENTION; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE SCATTERING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 37449020500     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03589.x     Document Type: Article

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