Application of revised ray tracing migration to imagine lateral variations of seismic fabric corresponding to different tectonic styles in the northern Apennines

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 181-197

  Giudici, Mauro ^a   Gualteri, Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal studies; Northern Apennines; Ray tracing; Seismic migration; Seismic profiles

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0032585453     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00240-6     Document Type: Article

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