Use of postcritical reflections in solving the hidden-layer problem of seismic refraction work

Geophysics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1285-1291

  Sain, Kalachand ^a   Reddy, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFRACTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

HIDDEN LAYER PROBLEM; POST CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

SEISMIC WAVES;

HIDDEN LAYER PROBLEM; POSTCRITICAL REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

EID: 0031182473     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444230     Document Type: Article

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