A quantitative study on the use of converted waves for sub-basalt imaging

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-193

  Hanssen, Peter ^a   Ziolkowski, Anton ^b   Li, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONVERTED WAVES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

FLOOD BASALT; IMAGING METHOD; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038546651     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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