First seismic imaging results of tectonically complex structures at shallow depths beneath the northwest Canterbury Plains, New Zealand

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-331

  Dorn, C ^a   Carpentier, S ^a   Kaiser, A E ^a   Green, A G ^a   Horstmeyer, H ^a   Campbell, F ^a   Campbell, J ^b   Jongens, R ^c   Finnemore, M ^b   Nobes, D C ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active fault; Canterbury Plains; DMO corrections; F X deconvolution; FD migration; High resolution reflection seismic; Hororata fault; New Zealand; Sedimentary basin; Seismic imaging; Seismic processing; Shallow reflection seismic; Springfield Fault; Static corrections; Time variant spectral balancing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; HIGH RESOLUTION REFLECTION SEISMIC; NEW ZEALAND; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC IMAGING; SEISMIC PROCESSING; STATIC CORRECTION; TIME VARIANT;

CONVOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SETTLING TANKS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; DATA INTERPRETATION; DECONVOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STACKING;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CANTERBURY PLAINS; MISSOURI; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SPRINGFIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950079050     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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