Seismic imaging of gas hydrates in the northernmost South China sea

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-76

  Wang, Tan K ^a   Yang, Ben Jhong ^a   Deng, Jia Ming ^a   Lee, Chao Shing ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bottom simulating reflector (BSR); Converted shear wave; Free gas; Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS); P wave velocity; Poisson's ratio; Pre stack depth migration (PSDM); Saturation; Three phase effective medium; Travel time inversion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; EROSION; FAULTING; GASES; HYDRATION; POISSON RATIO; PRISMS; REFLECTION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTOR; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; FREE GAS; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PRE-STACK DEPTH MIGRATIONS; TRAVEL TIME INVERSION;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GAS HYDRATE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; PRESTACK MIGRATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THRUST FAULT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 78049267146     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-010-9096-7     Document Type: Article

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