Compressional velocity structure and Poisson's ratio in marine sediments with gas hydrate and free gas by inversion of reflected and refracted seismic data (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica)

Marine Geology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 13-27

  Tinivella, U ^a   Accaino, F ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amplitude versus offset studies; Bottom simulating reflector; Compressional velocity; Gas hydrate; Ocean bottom seismograph data; Poisson's ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GAS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; SEDIMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

GAS; GAS HYDRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC SURVEY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0034723955     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00123-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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