Decimeter-resolution 3D seismic volume in shallow water: A case study in small-object detection

Geophysics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Vardy, Mark E ^a   Dix, Justin K ^a   Henstock, Timothy J ^a   Bull, Jonathan M ^a   Gutowski, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GeoAcoustics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Data acquisition; Hydrophones; Object detection; Oceanographic techniques; Seismology

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDROPHONES; OBJECT RECOGNITION; SEISMOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC ANOMALIES; CHIRP SUB BOTTOMS; COHERENT PROCESSING; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; OCEANOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SMALL OBJECT DETECTION;

OBJECT DETECTION;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BEDROCK; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROPHONE; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA;

EID: 57849115887     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.2829389     Document Type: Article

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