The application of large volume airgun sources to the onshore-offshore seismic surveys: Implication of the experimental results in northern South China Sea

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-560

  Qiu, XueLin ^a,b   Chen, Yong ^b   Zhu, RiXiang ^c   Xu, HuiLong ^a   Shi, XiaoBin ^a   Ye, ChunMing ^d   Zhao, MingHui ^a   Xia, ShaoHong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Seismological Bureau of Guangdong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Airgun source; Crustal structure; Northern South China Sea; Onshore offshore seismic survey; Seismic station

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847366203     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0051-1     Document Type: Article

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