The One-Dimensional Inverse Problem of Reflection Seismology

DOI10.1137/1025122zbMath0532.73029OpenAlexW2034257104MaRDI QIDQ3315112

Robert Burridge, Kenneth P. Bube

Publication date: 1983

Published in: SIAM Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/1025122

zbMATH Keywords

numerical examplesorder of approximationdiscrete problempropagation of singularitiesreflection seismologyone-dimensional problemcontinuum problemapplied uniformly over surface of perfectly stratified plane layered earthdiscrete downward continuation algorithmfirst order 2\(\times 2\) hyperbolic systemimpulsive normal tractionmeasured particle velocityrelation between solution and Cholesky factorizationsubsurface characteristic impedance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Factorization of matrices (15A23) Bulk waves in solid mechanics (74J10) Seismology (including tsunami modeling), earthquakes (86A15) Wave equation (35L05) Inverse problems for waves in solid mechanics (74J25) Random vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H50) Waves in solid mechanics (74J99) Geophysical solid mechanics (74L05) Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics (74S99)

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