P- and S-wave characterization of near-surface reflectivity from glacial tills using vertical seismic profiles

Geophysics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 970-980

  Carr, Bradley J ^a,b   Hajnal, Zoltan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; BOREHOLES; CLAY; LITHOLOGY; REFLECTION; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY; VELOCITY; ACOUSTICS; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

GLACIAL TILLS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILES; BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; RESPONSE PROPERTIES; SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; SEISMIC REFLECTIVITY; SEISMIC WAVEFIELDS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; TILL; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

EID: 0033133605     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444606     Document Type: Article

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