Seismic attenuation in Faroe Islands basalts

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-20

  Shaw, F ^a   Worthington, M H ^a   White, R S ^b   Andersen, M S ^c   Petersen, U K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FAROE ISLANDS   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCRACKS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ISLANDS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING (VSP);

BASALT;

BASALT; BOREHOLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC SURVEY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 37449008434     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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