Ground viscosity and stiffness measurements for near surface seismic velocity

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 751-762

  Ley, Robert ^a   Adolfs, Willem ^a   Bridle, Ralph ^a   Al homaili, Mohammad ^a   Vesnaver, Aldo ^a   Ras, Paul ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WESTERNGECO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEISMIC WAVES; STIFFNESS; VIBRATORS; VISCOSITY; WEATHERING;

SPRING-DASHPOT MODEL; STATIC CORRECTIONS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CONTROL SYSTEM; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STIFFNESS; VISCOSITY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33750616161     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2006.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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