Simultaneous density-velocity inversion by extended Gel'fand-Levitan-Marchenko solution in layered acoustic media for oblique incidence

Original GLM (Gel'fand-Levitan-Marchenko) theory is for scattering potential recovery of Schrödinger equation. In this paper, we formulate the GLM impedance solution of oblique incidence for simultaneous inversion of velocity and density including boundary jumps based on acoustic wave equation. In addition to the use of reflection amplitude, traveltime information of reflection arrivals is also utilized for inversion based on the focusing principle. Numerical tests demonstrate the recovery of velocity and density, verified the validity of the theory and method. The theory of Schrödinger impedance inverse-scattering studied in this paper is closely related to the direct envelope inversion.