Sinkholes in the city of Hamburg-New urban shear-wave reflection seismic system enables high-resolution imaging of subrosion structures

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-143

  Krawczyk, Charlotte M ^a   Polom, Ulrich ^a   Trabs, Stefan ^b   Dahm, Torsten ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geohazard; Sealed surface; Seismic vibrator source; Shear wave land streamer; Sinkhole; Subrosion

Indexed keywords

GEOHAZARD; SEISMIC VIBRATOR SOURCE; SHEAR-WAVE LAND STREAMER; SINKHOLE; SUBROSION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES; VIBRATORS;

SHEAR WAVES;

FAULT; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LOVE WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SINKHOLE; URBAN AREA; WAVE VELOCITY;

GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HAMBURG [HAMBURG (STT)];

EID: 84856589084     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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