Comparing state-of the art near-surface models of a seismic test line from Saudi Arabia

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 667-680

  Bridle, Ralph ^a   Barsoukov, Nikolai ^a   Al homaili, Mohammad ^a   Ley, Robert ^a   Al mustafa, Ameerah ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTILAYERS; REFRACTION;

SAUDI ARAMCO; SEISMIC TEST LINE; VERTICAL RAYPATHS;

SEISMOLOGY;

NUMERICAL MODEL; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33750605570     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2006.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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