Radar attenuation tomography using the centroid frequency downshift method

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 105-116

  Liu, Lanbo ^a   Lane, John W ^b   Quan, Youli ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Exploration and Production Technology Department Texaco   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation tomography; Borehole radar; Centroid frequency; Saline injection

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTROID FREQUENCY DOWNSHIFT;

RADAR;

EID: 0032180752     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9851(98)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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