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Reflection/Refraction Seismology

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Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences

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Synonyms

Controlled-source seismology; Multichannel reflection seismics; Wide-angle reflection/refraction profiling (WARRP)

Definition

Methods to image and to physically parameterize the subsurface geologic structures and conditions by means of artificially generated shock waves that travel through the subsurface and return to the surface.

Overview

Controlled-source seismology comprises a variety of geophysical methods to image and to physically parameterize the subsurface geologic structures and conditions. All these methods base upon the principle that artificially generated shock waves travel through the subsurface and that the returned signal can be analyzed regarding the properties of the subsurface. During the last decades the discrepancies between marine seismic equipment as used by the academic marine research community and that used by the hydrocarbon (HC) exploration industry increased significantly, caused by different research targets and the simple fact that gear commonly...

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  1. Institute of Geophysics, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability, University of Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Christian Hübscher

  2. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz-Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Alten Hafen 26, 27568, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Karsten Gohl

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  1. University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

    Jan Harff

  2. University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Martin Meschede

  3. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

    Sven Petersen

  4. Institute of Earth Science, KÖPPEN-Laboratory, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

    JÖrn Thiede

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Hübscher, C., Gohl, K. (2016). Reflection/Refraction Seismology. In: Harff, J., Meschede, M., Petersen, S., Thiede, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6238-1_128

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