Investigating the stratigraphy of an alluvial aquifer using crosswell seismic traveltime tomography

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Moret, Geoff J M ^a,b   Knoll, Michael D ^a   Barrash, Warren ^a   Clement, William P ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground water; Seismic waves; Seismology; Stratigraphy; Well logging

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

CROSSWELL P-WAVE SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC TRAVELTIME TOMOGRAPHY; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTARY ARCHITECTURE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AQUIFER; DATA QUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; P-WAVE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 33745072440     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2195487     Document Type: Article

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