The seismic velocities of Dead Sea salt applied to the sinkhole problem

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-58

  Ezersky, Michael ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; General Reciprocal Method (GRM); Salt properties; Seismic refraction method; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DEAD SEA SALT; GENERAL RECIPROCAL METHOD (GRM); SALT DISSOCIATION; SINKHOLE FORMATION;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

SEISMIC SURVEY; SINKHOLE;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22544434329     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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