ChirCor: A new tool for generating synthetic chirp-sonar seismograms

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-114

  Dal Forno, Giulio ^a   Gasperini, Luca ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

ChirCor; Chirp sub bottom profiler; Marmara Sea; Physical properties; Sediment cores; Stratigraphic correlation; Stratigraphic logs; Submarine paleoseismology; Synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

CHIRP-SONAR SEISMOGRAMS; SEDIMENT CORES; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHIC LOGS; SUBMARINE PALEOSEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS;

SEISMOGRAPHS;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOMETRY; SOFTWARE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 36048943375     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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