Analyses of bottom simulating reflections offshore Arauco and Coyhaique (Chile)

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 271-281

  de la Cruz Vargas Cordero, Ivan ^a,b,c   Tinivella, Umberta ^b   Accaino, Flavio ^b   Loreto, Maria Filomena ^b   Fanucci, Francesco ^a   Reichert, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTION; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; FREE GAS; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; SEISMIC CHARACTER; SEISMIC SECTIONS; VELOCITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY MODEL;

GASES; HYDRATION; SEISMOLOGY;

GAS HYDRATES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS HYDRATE; GAS PHASE REACTION; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

AISEN; ARAUCO; BIO BIO; CHILE; COIHAIQUE;

EID: 77952958714     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: 14321157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0171-5     Document Type: Article

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