Shallow seismic reflection study of a glaciated valley

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1395-1407

  Büker, Frank ^a   Green, Alan G ^a   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC WAVES; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMMON MID POINTS; HIGH AMPLITUDES; REFLECTED SIGNAL; REFLECTION ZONES; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SHALLOW SEISMIC; VALLEY FLOOR; SHALLOW SEISMIC REFLECTION;

SEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GLACIAL LANDFORM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; VALLEY;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032124695     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: 19422156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444441     Document Type: Article

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