Seismic inversion for coal-seam thicknesses: Trials from the Belvoir coalfield, England

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 535-549

  Gang, Tian ^a,b   Goulty, N R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; BOREHOLES; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEISMIC WAVES;

BELVOIR COALFIELD; COAL SEAM THICKNESSES; GENERALIZED LINEAR INVERSION; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

COAL; COAL SEAM; DATA INVERSION; SEAM THICKNESS; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THICKNESS;

UK, ENGLAND, LEICESTERSHIRE, BELVOIR COALFIELD;

EID: 0031149220     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1997.3420268.x     Document Type: Article

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