Imaging meddy finestructure using multichannel seismic reflection data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Biescas, B ^a   Sallares V ^a   Pelegri J L ^b   Machin F ^b   Carbonell, R ^c   Buffett, G ^c   Danobeitia J J ^a   Calahorrano, A ^b  

^a CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIXING; REFLECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

CORE REGIONS; GULF OF CADIZ; LATERAL RESOLUTIONS; MIXING PROCESSES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; REFLECTIVITY BANDS; SEISMIC IMAGING; SW IBERIAN PENINSULA;

SEISMIC WAVES;

IMAGING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ;

EID: 49849096389     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033971     Document Type: Article

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