An implosive seismoacoustic source for seismic experiments on the ocean floor

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-247

  Herber, R ^a   Grevemeyer, I ^b   Exner, O ^c   Villinger, H ^c   Weigel, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom shots; Implosive sources; P waves; Scholte waves; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0032232613     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004552406168     Document Type: Article

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