Single-station passive seismic stratigraphy: An inexpensive tool for quick subsurface investigations

GeoActa

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 29-39

  Amorosi, Alessandro ^a   Castellaro, Silvia ^a   Mulargia, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facies analysis; H V; Microtremor; Passive seismic stratigraphy; Po Plain; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051904008     PISSN: 17218039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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