Reflection Seismology: A Tool for Energy Resource Exploration

This established work provides an authoritative account of the art and science of reflection seismology. It offers a clear explanation of the methods by which artificially created seismic waves are employed in the economical discovery of oil and gas, as well as their growing use in the exploitation of coal reserves and other energy resources. In this third edition more information is provided about peripheral methods such as velocity logging, vertical seismic profiling, and the use of sheer waves in reflection work. This text covers the ability to deal with two-dimensional data reception and the transmutation of such tremendous data arrays into 3-D information on the Earth's internal structure, and all important phases of theory, instrumentation, digital data processing, and scientific modelling, and discusses the fine art of interpreting the results.