High and very high resolution deep-towed seismic system: Performance and examples from deep water Geohazard studies

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 628-637

  Marsset, T ^a   Marsset, B ^a   Ker, S ^a   Thomas, Y ^a   Le Gall, Y ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Carbonate mounds; Deep towed seismic system; Geohazard; High resolution seismics; Pockmarks; Slides

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; FRESNEL ZONES; GEOHAZARD; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; IFREMER; LOW FREQUENCY; MULTI-CHANNEL; OPERATING MODES; SEA FLOOR; SEA TRIAL; SEISMIC ACQUISITION; SEISMIC SYSTEM; SINGLE-CHANNEL; SUB-SURFACES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION; WATER DEPTH;

CARBONATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAZARDS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TRANSDUCERS;

SEISMOLOGY;

CARBONATE; DEEP WATER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGERY; IMAGING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POCKMARK; RESOLUTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SLIDING; TOWED BODY; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 77949567826     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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