Open AccessWavefield inversion of seismic refraction data via the p —x plane
Author(s) -
McMechan George A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1983.tb02834.x
Subject(s) - slowness , geology , inversion (geology) , refraction , seismic refraction , seismology , seismic wave , transformation (genetics) , plane (geometry) , geodesy , geophysics , geometry , optics , mathematics , tectonics , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Summary The transformation for obtaining a slowness—depth ( p , z) image from a slowness—distance (p, x) image of a seismic refraction travel‐time (T, x) wavefield is discovered. Thus, there exist two complete, parallel wave‐field transformation pairs for inversion of refraction wavefields. The first sequence is the well‐known (T, x) to (p, |GT) to (p, z); the second, which is completed by this note, is (T, x) to (p, x) to (p, z).