Detailed 3D seismic imaging of a fault zone beneath Lake Geneva, Switzerland

Basin Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-169

  Scheidhauer, M ^a,b   Marillier, F ^a   Thierry, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b WESTERNGECO   (United Kingdom)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FAULT ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE GENEVA; WORLD;

EID: 14944352158     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2005.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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