4D seismic time-lapse monitoring of an active cold vent, northern Cascadia margin

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-371

  Riedel, Michael ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4D seismic time lapse imaging; Cold vent; Fracture systems; Gas hydrate; Seismic processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GAS HYDRATES; SAND; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

COLD VENT; SEISMIC PROCESSING; SEISMIC VOLUME; SINGLE-CHANNEL SEISMIC (SCS) DATA;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; FAULT; FRACTURE ZONE; GAS HYDRATE; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 38949126164     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-007-9037-2     Document Type: Article

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