Improving seismic resolution through array processing techniques

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 271-299

  Rost, Sebastian ^a   Thomas, Christine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deep earth structure; Seismic array; Seismic processing; Seismic resolution

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE TIMING; CONTROLLED SOURCE; DATA EXAMPLES; DEEP EARTH STRUCTURE; EARTH STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INCIDENCE ANGLES; SEISMIC ARRAY; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC PROCESSING; SEISMIC RESOLUTION; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMIC WAVEFIELDS; SIGNAL COHERENCE; TELESEISMIC; UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

ARRAY PROCESSING; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL ARRAY; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 69249246991     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-009-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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