3D diffraction and mode-converted scattering signatures of base metal deposits, Bathurst Mining Camp, Canada

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Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 41-45

  Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Bellefleur, Gilles ^b   Müller, Christof ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; BASE METAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOPHONE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; P-WAVE; PRESTACK MIGRATION; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; WAVE DIFFRACTION; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE SCATTERING;

CANADA;

EID: 78650052688     PISSN: 02635046     EISSN: 13652397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1365-2397.2010026     Document Type: Article

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