Shallow seismic reflection profiling of waste disposal sites

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-21

  Boyce, Joseph I ^a   Koseoglu, Berkant B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; EXPLORATORY DRILLING; LANDFILL SITE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SITE INVESTIGATION; WASTE DISPOSAL SITE;

CANADA, ONTARIO, TORONTO;

EID: 0030441438     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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