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FAN SHOOTING [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Seismic Prospecting
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
DEF

A type of seismic shooting in which detectors are laid out along an arc so that each detector is in a different direction at roughly the same distance from a single shot point.

CONT

Fan shooting. Detectors are located roughly on the arc of a circle (centered at the shotpoint) in different directions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Prospection sismique
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
DEF

Mode opératoire de la sismique-réfraction employé en reconnaissance. Les sismographes sont disposés en éventail autour du point d'explosion.

Spanish

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