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Ray Tracing Methods in Seismic Emission Tomography

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Highly efficient approximate ray tracing techniques which can be used in seismic emission tomography and in other methods requiring a large number of raypaths are described. The techniques are applicable for the gradient and plane-layered velocity sections of the medium and for the models with a complicated geometry of contrasting boundaries. The empirical results obtained with the use of the discussed ray tracing technologies and seismic emission tomography results, as well as the results of numerical modeling, are presented.

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Original Russian Text © I.Ya. Chebotareva, 2018, published in Fizika Zemli, 2018, No. 2, pp. 12–24.

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Chebotareva, I.Y. Ray Tracing Methods in Seismic Emission Tomography. Izv., Phys. Solid Earth 54, 201–213 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351318020040

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