Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1151-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-1151-2014
Method article
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26 Nov 2014
Method article |  | 26 Nov 2014

Wave-equation-based travel-time seismic tomography – Part 1: Method

P. Tong, D. Zhao, D. Yang, X. Yang, J. Chen, and Q. Liu

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A wave-equation-based travel-time seismic tomography method is developed including a detailed description of its step-by-step process. The forward problem is solved in the two-dimensional (2-D) vertical plane passing through the source and the receiver, and the final model is parameterized on 3-D inversion grid nodes. This 2-D--3D tomography method takes into account finite-frequency effects, accurately simulates seismic wave propagation in complex media, and has great computational efficiency.