Source/receiver array directivity effects on marine seismic attenuation measurements

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1105-1119

  Hustedt, Bernhard ^a,b   Clark, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY;

FRESNEL ZONE; MARINE SEISMIC ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; RECEIVER ARRAY DIRECTIVITY EFFECTS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 0033226778     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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