What do you think this is? "Conceptual uncertainty" In geoscience interpretation

GSA Today

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4-10

  Bond, Clare E ^a,b   Gibbs, A D ^b   Shipton, Z K ^a   Jones, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Osbourne House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; SEISMIC DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 36749045638     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSAT01711A.1     Document Type: Article

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