Converted wave seismic imaging in the Flin Flon mining camp, Canada

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 719-730

  Malinowski, M ^a   White, D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Converted wave processing; Flin Flon mining camp; Mineral exploration; Three component seismics

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; COMMON-CONVERSION POINTS; COMMON-REFLECTION POINTS; CONVERTED WAVE; FLIN FLON MINING CAMP; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPEDANCE CONTRAST; MODELING RESULTS; ORE ZONES; P-WAVES; RELATIVE VALUE; SEISMIC IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPATIAL SAMPLING; THREE-COMPONENT; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

CORRELATION; GEOPHONE; HOST ROCK; IMAGING METHOD; LITHOLOGY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; FLIN FLON; MANITOBA;

EID: 80355125279     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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