Depth characterization of shallow aquifers with seismic reflection, Part I-The failure of NMO velocity analysis and quantitative error prediction

Geophysics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-97

  Bradford, John H ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; ERRORS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY;

VELOCITY ANALYSIS; COMPRESSIONAL WAVE VELOCITY; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODEL; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT; VELOCITY CONTRASTS;

GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; DEPTH DETERMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0036183560     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1451362     Document Type: Article

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