Efficient acquisition, processing, and interpretation strategy for shallow 3D seismic surveying: A case study

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1792-1806

  Spitzer, Roman ^a   Nitsche, Frank O ^a   Green, Alan G ^a   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LITHOLOGY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BUILDINGS; CLAY DEPOSITS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; GEOLOGY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOPHONES; BASEMENT STRUCTURES; COMMON MID POINTS; EARTH CRUSTS; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; INTERPOLATION METHOD; REFLECTING BOUNDARY; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION;

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA PROCESSING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0347355360     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1635032     Document Type: Article

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