The nature and distribution of bottom simulating reflectors at the Costa Rican convergent margin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-229

  Pecher, Ingo A ^a,c   Ranero, Cesar R ^a   Von Huene, Roland ^a   Minshull, Timotny A ^b   Singh, Satish C ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent margins; Costa Rica; Methane hydrates; Seismic reflections; Waveform inversion

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; METHANE HYDRATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0031867597     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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