Kirchhoff inversion in image point coordinates recast as source/receiver point processing

Society of Exploration Geophysicists - 75th SEG International Exposition and Annual Meeting, SEG 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1697-1700

  Bleistein, N ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Xu, S ^b   Zhang, G ^c   Gray, S H ^d  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b VeritasDGC Inc   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Veritas DGC Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY;

CONVOLUTION TYPE; INVERSION FORMULA; INVERSION OPERATORS; INVERSION THEORY; POINT PROCESSING; REFLECTIVITY FUNCTIONS; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SURFACE COORDINATES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84857328507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2148024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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