Shallow 3D seismic-reflection imaging of fracture zones in crystalline rock

Geophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Schmelzbach, Cedric ^a   Horstmeyer, Heinrich ^b   Juhlin, Christopher ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE ZONES; SEISMIC-REFLECTION IMAGING;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DATA SET; FRACTURE ZONE; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 36148936377     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2787336     Document Type: Article

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