Imaging and inversion at depth without a velocity model: Theory, concepts and initial evaluation

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1016-1019

  Weglein, A B ^a   Matson, K H ^a   Foster, D J ^a   Carvalho, P M ^b   Corrigan, D ^c   Shaw, S A ^a  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE

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EID: 84955099167     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: 19494645     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1815555     Document Type: Conference Paper

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