Phase-reversed seabed reflections in seismic data: Examples related to mud volcanoes from the South Caspian Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 203-212

  Evans, Robert J ^a   Stewart, Simon A ^b   Davies, Richard J ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD VOLCANOES; POLARITY REFLECTION; SEAFLOOR PHASE REVERSALS;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

DATA ACQUISITION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUD VOLCANO; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 33847773389     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-007-0073-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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