3D constraints and finite-difference modeling of massive sulfide deposits: The Kristineberg seismic lines revisited, northern Sweden

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dehghannejad, Mahdieh ^a   Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Juhlin, Christopher ^a   Skyttä, Pietari ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Finite difference modeling; Kristineberg mine; Mining; Prestack time migration; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MINING; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; FINITE-DIFFERENCE ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC DATA; KRISTINEBERG MINES; MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS; PRESTACK TIME MIGRATION; VISCOELASTIC;

DATA HANDLING;

ALGORITHM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOELASTICITY;

KRISTINEBERG MINE; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 84866443709     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0466.1     Document Type: Article

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