P- and S-wave velocities of consolidated sediments from a seafloor seismic survey in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-211

  Shillington, Donna J ^a,d   Minshull, Timothy A ^a   Peirce, Christine ^b   O'Sullivan, John M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Providence Resources Plc   (Ireland)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; POROSITY; RAY TRACING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES;

OCEAN-BOTTOM SEISMOGRAPHS; OCEAN-BOTTON CABLES; P-WAVE VELOCITIES; S-WAVE VELOCITIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; RAY TRACING; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC SURVEY; WAVE VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39349092938     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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