Layer-thickness determination and stratigraphic interpretation using spectral inversion: Theory and application

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Puryear, Charles I ^a   Castagna, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical signal processing; Geophysical techniques; Inverse problems; Seismic waves; Seismology; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; TUNING;

AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION; GEOLOGIC INFORMATION; GEOPHYSICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; SIDE-LOBE INTERFERENCE; SPECTRAL DECOMPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHIC FEATURES; SYNTHETIC AND REAL DATA;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

DATA INVERSION; DISCONTINUITY LAYER; INVERSE PROBLEM; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 58049140907     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2838274     Document Type: Article

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