P-wave Velocity, Density, and Vertical Stress Magnitude Along the Crustal Po Plain (Northern Italy) from Sonic Log Drilling Data

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1547-1561

  Montone, Paola ^a   Mariucci, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

body wave; crustal structure; downhole method; Europe; seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC LOGGING; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BODY WAVES; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DOWNHOLE METHODS; EUROPE; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DRILLING; P-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS; WELL LOGGING;

APENNINES; ITALY; PO PLAIN;

EID: 84928712779     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-1022-5     Document Type: Article

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