Acquisition and inversion of Love wave data to measure the lateral variability of geo-acoustic properties of marine sediments

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 71-84

  Winsborrow, G ^a   Huws, D G ^a   Muyzert, E ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inversion; Love; Near surface; Shear wave; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ALGORITHMS; BATHYMETRY; DISPERSION (WAVES); LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SEDIMENTS; SHEAR WAVES;

SLEDGE SYSTEMS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; LOVE WAVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 0345149499     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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