Broad-band calibration of marine seismic sources used by R/V Polarstern for academic research in polar regions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-524

  Breitzke, Monika ^a   Boebel, Olaf ^a   El Naggar, Saad ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a   Werner, Berthold ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Bw Tech Ctr Ships Nav Weapons   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arctic region; Atlantic Ocean; Body waves; Controlled source seismology; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BODY WAVE; CALIBRATION; HYDROPHONE; POLAR REGION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

HELIOTHIS ZEA VIRUS 1; MAMMALIA;

EID: 48249088517     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03831.x     Document Type: Article

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