Raypaths as parametric curves in anisotropic, nonuniform media: differential-geometry approach

DOI10.1016/S0362-546X(01)00873-2zbMath1213.74152OpenAlexW1999929739WikidataQ115339200 ScholiaQ115339200MaRDI QIDQ1849014

Andrej Bóna, Michael A. Slawinski

Publication date: 28 November 2002

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0362-546x(01)00873-2

zbMATH Keywords

Layered mediaAnisotropyRay tracingInhomogeneous mediaSeismic ray theoryTraveltime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H99) General questions in geophysics (86A04)

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