Quantitative integration of seismic and GPR reflections to derive unique estimates for water saturation and porosity in subsoil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ghose, R ^a   Slob, E C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; POROSITY; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; WATER;

SUBSOIL LAYER BOUNDARY; WATER SATURATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATURATION; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL WATER;

EID: 33646370218     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025376     Document Type: Article

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