Detecting near-surface objects with seismic waveform tomography

Geophysics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Smithyman, Brendan ^a   Pratt, R Gerhard ^b   Hayles, John ^c   Wittebolle, Ralph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Hayles GeoScience Surveys Ltd   (Canada)

^d MANITOBA HYDRO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; OBJECT DETECTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EMBANKMENT CONSTRUCTION; GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING; MANITOBA , CANADA; MULTIPLE QUALITY CONTROL; REFLECTION METHODS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC WAVEFORMS; TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ARRIVAL TIME; BURIED TARGET; EMBANKMENT; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; TRAVEL TIME; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

CRINUM AMERICANUM;

EID: 84861189067     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.3223313     Document Type: Article

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