Mapping the geometry of an aquifer system with a high-resolution reflection seismic profile

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 817-828

  Francese, Roberto ^a   Giudici, Mauro ^b   Schmitt, Douglas R ^c   Zaja, Annalisa ^d  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELASTIC WAVES; MAPPING; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC FRAMEWORK; AQUIFER SYSTEM; BOREHOLE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 28144455019     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2005.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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