Seismic mapping and modeling of near-surface sediments in polar areas

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 566-573

  Johansen, Tor Arne ^a   Digranes, Per ^b   Van Schaack, Mark ^a,c   Lønne, Ida ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; FREEZING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FREEZING CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; POLAR AREAS; SEISMIC MAPPING; EARTH CRUSTS; ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES; GLACIOLOGY; GRANULAR CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; UNCONSOLIDATED GRANULAR MATERIALS; UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENT;

SEISMOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

MAPPING METHOD; P-WAVE; PERMAFROST; POLAR REGION; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EID: 2942572467     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1567226     Document Type: Article

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