A review of the spectral, pseudo-spectral, finite-difference and finite-element modelling techniques for geophysical imaging

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 794-813

  Virieux, Jean ^a   Calandra, Henri ^b   Plessix, René Édouard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Shell Global Solutions International ^*  (France)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetism; Imaging; Modelling; Seismic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DATA SETS; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN FINITE-ELEMENT METHOD; EARTH STRUCTURES; ELASTO-DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE FREQUENCIES; GEOLOGICAL SETTING; GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MODELLING; MODELLING METHOD; SEISMIC; SPECTRAL METHODS; STRONG FORMULATIONS; SUBSURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; WEAK FORMULATION;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DATA SET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; GALERKIN METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; MODELING;

EID: 80051889563     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2011.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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