Acoustic properties of Neogene carbonates and siliciclastics from the subsurface of the Florida keys: Implications for seismic reflectivity

Marine Geology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 9-31

  Anselmetti, Flavio S ^b   Von Salis, Gian A ^b   Cunningham, Kevin J ^a   Eberli, Gregor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Physical properties; Seismic facies; Seismic modeling; Siliciclastics; Sound velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031442739     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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