Three-dimensional seismic-reflection imaging of a shallow buried paleochannel

GEOPHYSICS

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Fradelizio, Gian Luigi ^a,b   Levander, Alan ^a   Zelt, Colin A ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geophysical prospecting; Groundwater; Sediments; Seismology; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; WATER POLLUTION;

DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; MECHANICAL HETEROGENEITY; REFLECTION SEISMOLOGY; SEISMIC INVESTIGATIONS; SEISMIC REFLECTION IMAGING; SHALLOW SUBSURFACE; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT;

SEISMOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; PALEOCHANNEL; SEDIMENT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HILL AIR FORCE BASE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 53849142571     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2969775     Document Type: Article

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