Seismic reflector imaging by prestack time migration in the Kakkonda geothermal field, Japan

Geothermics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-99

  Matsushima, Jun ^a   Okubo, Yasukuni ^a   Rokugawa, Shuichi ^b   Yokota, Toshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Keiji ^c   Tsuchiya, Terumitsu ^d   Narita, Norifumi ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Dia Consultants Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Kakkonda geothermal field; Prestack time migration; Seismics; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES;

SEISMIC REFLECTOR IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

JAPAN;

EID: 0037314122     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(02)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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