Ultra-shallow seismic reflection imaging in a region characterized by high source-generated noise

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-46

  Schmelzbach, C ^a,b   Green, A G ^a   Horstmeyer, H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 36148985481     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2004027     Document Type: Article

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