Ground-penetrating radar imaging of carbonate mound structures and implications for interpretation of marine seismic data

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1069-1082

  Nielsen, Lars ^a   Boldreel, Lars Ole ^a   Surlyk, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUARRIES; RADAR IMAGING;

LIMESTONE QUARRIES; OUTCROP ANALYSIS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; DATA INTERPRETATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MUD MOUND; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 4043068457     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/02230403070     Document Type: Article

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