A practical implicit finite-difference method: Examples from seismic modelling

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-249

  Liu, Yang ^a,b   Sen, Mrinal K ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic wave; Any order accuracy; Any order derivative; Elastic wave; Explicit finite difference formulae; Implicit finite difference formulae; Numerical modelling; Plane wave theory; Precision comparison; Seismic wave; Tridiagonal matrix equations

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; ELASTIC WAVE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70349739810     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/6/3/003     Document Type: Article

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