Seismic attribute inversion for velocity and attenuation structure using data from the GLIMPCE Lake Superior experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 9949-9960

  Matheney, Michael P ^a   Nowack, Robert L ^a   Tréhu, Anne M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIMPCE EXPERIMENT; INVERSION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0030731374     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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