Active and passive seismic investigations in the Coso Geothermal Field, Eastern California

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 28, Issue , 2004, Pages 675-679

  Pullammanappallil, Satish ^a   Honjas, William ^a   Unruh, Jeffrey ^b   Monastero, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Geothermal Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Micro earthquakes; Seismic reflection imaging; Seismic velocity inversion and optimization

Indexed keywords

MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGING; SEISMIC VELOCITY INVERSION AND OPTIMIZATION; VELOCITY MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OPTIMIZATION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 17644423079     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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