Lithology classification from seismic tomography: Additional constraints from surface waves

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 547-552

  Stankiewicz, Jacek ^a   Bauer, Klaus ^a   Ryberg, Trond ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Surface waves; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; LITHOLOGY; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

NAMIBIA;

EID: 84856979398     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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