Vertical image waves in elliptically anisotropic media

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-122

  Schleicher, J ^a   Novais, Amelia ^a   Costa, Jesse C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elliptic anisotropy; Image waves; Remigration; Velocity analysis; Velocity continuation; Vertical stretch

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DETECTION METHOD; ELLIPSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC MIGRATION; WAVE EQUATION;

EID: 43049116909     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-008-0008-0     Document Type: Article

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