Can new acquisition methods improve signal-to-noise ratios with seismic refraction techniques?

Exploration Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-280

  Palmer, Derecke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Amplitudes; Common midpoint; Convolution; Generalized reciprocal method; Regolith; Seismic; Signal to noise ratios; Spreading; Stacking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009351678     PISSN: 08123985     EISSN: 18347533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EG00275     Document Type: Article

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