Effects of near-surface waveguides on shallow high-resolution seismic refraction and reflection data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-498

  Robertsson, J O A ^a   Holliger, K ^a   Green, A G ^a   Pugin, A ^a   De Iaco, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEGUIDE;

GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY;

FIRST ARRIVAL; FIRST BREAKS; FREE SURFACES; GEOMETRICAL SPREADING; HIGH-RESOLUTION SEISMIC REFRACTION; NEAR-SURFACE WAVEGUIDE; REFLECTION DATA; SUBSURFACE VELOCITY;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0029770068     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00384     Document Type: Article

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