Anisotropic mean traveltime curves: A method to estimate anisotropic parameters from 2D transmission tomographic data

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-192

  Fernández Martínez, Juan L ^a   Pedruelo González, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inverse problems; Mean traveltime curves; Transmission tomography; Weak elliptical anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

DATA INVERSION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 59649111448     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-008-9202-4     Document Type: Article

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