Tomographic P wave velocity and vertical velocity gradient structure across the geothermal site Groß Schönebeck (NE German Basin): Relationship to lithology, salt tectonics, and thermal regime

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Bauer, K ^a   Moeck, I ^a   Norden, B ^a   Schulze, A ^a   Weber, M ^a,b   Wirth, H ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; P-WAVE; PERMIAN; SALT DOME; SALT TECTONICS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

GERMANY; NORTH GERMAN BASIN; NORTHEAST GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 77956269927     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006895     Document Type: Article

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