Ray tracing by wavefront construction for anisotropic media

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 2305-2308

  Gibson, Richard L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84955128411     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: 19494645     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1815919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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