Talk:Seismic tomography

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[edit] Tomography in reflection seismology

Tomographic inversion plays a significant part in depth imaging in the seismic oil exploration industry. This should probably be mentioned briefly. 136.250.232.88 13:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC) Robruss24 13:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move from "tomography" to "imaging"

I'm requesting this move since tomography is more of a medical term, and is unnecessarily jargon. Imaging is far more intuitive, and is more popular:

Google search	Count
"seismic tomography"	198,000
"seismic imaging"	260,000

Also, I'm starting a new article called Geophysical imaging, showcasing the different geophysical techniques.+mwtoews 23:35, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I would vote no on this. Seismic tomography is a subset of seismic imaging that relies on using forward-scattered energy to map long-wavelength variations in the Earth's seismic velocity. Seismic imaging also incorporates reflection seismology techniques (analogous to ultrasound imaging in medicine) that use back-scattered energy. Adrock828 09:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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