TABLE OF CONTENTS

• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • Motivation
  • Technical Contributions
  
  
• Coupled Equations for Reverse-time Migration in Tilted Transversely Isotropic Media
  • Introduction
  • Equations
  • Numerical Results
    • Hess Salt Model
    • BP TTI Model
  • Conclusions
  
  
• Decoupled Equations for Reverse-time Migration in Tilted Transversely Isotropic Media
  • Introduction
  • Decoupled Equations in TI Media
    • VTI decoupled equations
    • TTI decoupled equations
  • Numerical Implementation
    • Stability
  • Numerical Examples
  • Conclusions
  
  
• An Efficient Hybrid Pseudospectral/Finite-difference Scheme for Solving TTI Decoupled P-wave Equation
  • Introduction
  • Equations
    • Isotropic wave equation
    • VTI pure P-wave equation
    • TTI pure P-wave equation
  • Numerical Implementations
    • Pseudospectral scheme
    • Hybrid pseudospectral/finite-difference scheme
    • Comparison of two schemes
    • Accuracy comparison
  • Computation Examples
    • 2D example
    • 3D example
  • CONCLUSIONS
  
  
• Concluding Remarks
  • Summary
  • Future Research Work
  
  
• Bibliography

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List of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES