Seismic velocity studies of a gas hydrate bottom-simulating reflector on the northern Cascadia continental margin: Amplitude modeling and full waveform inversion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B1, 1999, Pages 1179-1191

  Yuan, T ^a,d   Spence, G D ^a   Hyndman, R D ^a,c   Minshull, T A ^b   Singh, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d Oryx Energy Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033540295     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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