Geophone orientation and coupling in three-component sea-floor data: A case study

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 995-1013

  Li, Xiang Yang ^a   Yuan, Jianxin ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES; TRANSDUCERS; VECTORS;

DATA REDUNDANCY; DATA SET; GEOPHONE COUPLING; GEOPHONE ORIENTATION; GIMBALLED GEOPHONE SYSTEM; NONGIMBALLED GEOPHONE SYSTEM; SEAFLOOR; WATERBREAK POLARIZATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMOMETRY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0033226783     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.1999.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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