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VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
CONT

In geophysics, vertical seismic profile is a technique of borehole seismic measurements used for correlation with surface seismic data.

CONT

New vertical seismic profiles from the northwest margin of the Sudbury impact structure provide details of structural geometries within the lower impact melt sheet ... and the sublayer norite layer.

OBS

vertical seismic profile: often capitalized.

PHR

Vertical seismic profile survey, data.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
CONT

En sismique de puits, les données de type PSV (profil sismique vertical) sont utilisées pour caler en temps et profondeur les mesures de sismique de surface.

CONT

De nouveaux profils sismiques verticaux de la bordure nord-ouest de la structure d'impact de Sudbury détaillent les géométries structurales dans la couche inférieure de roche fondue par impact [...] et de la couche de norite sous-jacente.

PHR

Profil sismique vertical classique, déporté, oblique.

Key term(s)
  • profil séismique vertical

Spanish

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