Acoustic and shear-wave velocities in hydrate-bearing sediments offshore southwestern Taiwan: Tomography, converted waves analysis and reverse-time migration of OBS records

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 757-779

  Schnürle, Philippe ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^a   Lee, Chao Shing ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acoustic and shear wave velocities; Gas hydrates; Ocean Bottom Seismometers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MODELING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOMETRY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846917254     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2006.17.4.757(GH)     Document Type: Article

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