Semblance-based topographic migration (SBTM): A method for identifying fracture zones in 3D georadar data

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Heincke, Bjoern ^a   Green, Alan G ^a   van der Kruk, Jan ^a   Willenberg, Heike ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; FRACTURE ZONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUNTAIN REGION; RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645785373     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2005034     Document Type: Article

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