Seismic low-frequency anomalies in multiple reflections from thinly layered poroelastic reservoirs

SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1690-1695

  Quintal, Beatriz ^a   Schmalholz, Stefan M ^a   Podladchikov, Yuri Y ^b   Carcione, José M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

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EID: 37549040616     PISSN: 10523812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2792819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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