Gerhard Pratt
Exploration Geophysics, Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Gerhard Pratt, Exploration Geophysics, Professor of the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Ph.D. Imperial College, University of London, 1989.
Research Interest
Dr. Pratt has been actively researching new methods in seismic wave modelling and imaging. He and his students have developed a number of innovations in these areas that make possible large scale forward and inverse modelling of exploration seismic data through numerical simulation of the full wave equation. Together they have been able to use these methods in imaging structures in a wide range of applications, from small scale site investigations to wide angle crustal seismology.
Publications
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Brenders AJ, Pratt RG. Efficient waveform tomography for lithospheric imaging: implications for realistic, two-dimensional acquisition geometries and low-frequency data. Geophysical Journal International. 2007 Jan 1;168(1):152-70.
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Gao F, Levander A, Pratt RG, Zelt CA, Fradelizio GL. Waveform tomography at a groundwater contamination site: Surface reflection data. Geophysics. 2007 Jul 26;72(5):G45-55.
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Pratt RG, Huang L, Duric N, Littrup P. Sound-speed and attenuation imaging of breast tissue using waveform tomography of transmission ultrasound data. InProc. SPIE 2007 Mar 8 (Vol. 6510, p. 65104S).
