High-resolution seismic prospecting of old gypsum mines - Evaluation of detection possibilities

European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-120

  Piwakowski, Bogdan ^a   Watelet, Jean Marc ^b   Moreaux, David ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LILLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

Author keywords

Detection threshold; Gravity; High resolution seismics; Imaging; Mines; Tunnel detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042598419     PISSN: 13598155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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