A double bottom simulating reflector in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Geletti, Riccardo ^a   Busetti, Martina ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; AVO METHOD; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; METHANE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND BASIN;

EID: 79953710038     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007864     Document Type: Article

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