Two-dimensional acoustic anisotropic (VTI) full waveform inversion: The Valhall case study

Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 81st Annual Meeting 2011, SEG 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2543-2548

  Gholami, Y ^a   Brossier, R ^b   Operto, S ^a   Prieux, V ^a   Ribodetti, A ^a   Virieux, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DEEP VELOCITY STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FULL-WAVEFORM INVERSION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; PARAMETRIZATIONS; SUBSURFACE MODEL; VELOCITY PERTURBATION; VERTICAL TRANSVERSELY ISOTROPIC;

VELOCITY;

EID: 85055470405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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