Seismic modeling and imaging based upon spectral-element and adjoint methods

Leading Edge (Tulsa, OK)

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 568-574

  Luo, Yang ^a   Zhu, Hejun ^a   Nissen Meyer, Tarje ^a   Morency, Christina ^a   Tromp, Jeroen ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ADJOINT METHODS; EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; KIRCHHOFF MIGRATION; MIGRATION TECHNIQUE; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; WAVE-FIELD CONTINUATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC WAVE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 65549105030     PISSN: 1070485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3124932     Document Type: Article

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