"Single-bubble" marine source offers new perspectives for lithospheric exploration

Tectonophysics

Volumn 267, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 57-71

  Avedik, F ^a   Hirn, A ^b   Renard, V ^a   Nicolich, R ^d   Olivet, J L ^a   Sachpazi, M ^b,c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Reflection seismics; Seismic source

Indexed keywords

AIRGUN; AIRGUNS; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0030405190     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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