A borehole trajectory inversion scheme to adjust the measurement geometry for 3D travel-time tomography on glaciers

Hellmann, Sebastian; Grab, Melchior; Patzer, Cedric; Bauder, Andreas; Maurer, Hansruedi

doi:10.5194/se-14-805-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-805-2023

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Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

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28 Jul 2023

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A borehole trajectory inversion scheme to adjust the measurement geometry for 3D travel-time tomography on glaciers

Sebastian Hellmann, Melchior Grab, Cedric Patzer, Andreas Bauder, and Hansruedi Maurer

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