Velocity continuation in the downward continuation approach to seismic imaging

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 909-924

  Duchkov, Anton A ^a   De Hoop, Maarten V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled source seismology; Theoretical seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 61349138820     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04023.x     Document Type: Article

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