Publication Date:
2022-05-26
Description:
This project was initiated to accomplish the necessary research and
documentation of existing seismic techniques and systems for the study of
sediments and sedimentary structures in the oceans. In this respect , it
is an 'inventory' of methods and techniques for looking at small-scale
features or changes in structures lying from 10 to 1000 m beneath the sea
floor. It attempts to assess the vertical and lateral resolution
capabilities of existing and technically feasible seismic systems. Some
of the questions posed are: how closely can we determine vertical
variation such as sediment layer thickness and vertical variation with
depth; also lateral coherence or its disruption by such agents as facies
changes, thinning or thickening, slumping, faulting; the nature of the
basement structure, its areal coherence, velocity structure and
associated anomalies?
Description:
Prepared for the Sandia Laboratories under Contract 13-9944.
Keywords:
Seismology
;
Ocean bottom
Repository Name:
Woods Hole Open Access Server
Type:
Technical Report
