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Inverse methods based on ray theory have received considerable development in geophysical applications. Methods now exist for the direct inversion of exact data and the generation of extremal bounds on a solution once the errors in the data are taken into account. Linearised inverse methods may also be used and allow a treatment of the resolution attainable from the observed data.
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Kennett, B.L.N. (1978). Ray theoretical inverse methods in geophysics. In: Sabatier, P.C. (eds) Applied Inverse Problems. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 85. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09094-0_71
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