Imaging complex structure in shallow seismic-reflection data using prestack depth migration

Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Bradford, John H ^a   Liberty, Lee M ^a   Lyle, Mitch W ^a   Clement, William P ^a   Hess, Scott ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth crust; Faulting; Rocks; Seismology

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REFLECTION; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

IMAGING COMPLEX STRUXTURE; PRESTACK DEPTH MIGRATION (PSDM); SEISMIC-REFLECTION DATA;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA INTERPRETATION; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FAULTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751070620     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2335659     Document Type: Article

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