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by
Derecke Palmer
Department of Mineral Resourcesand Development
Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
Edited by
Kenneth B.S. Burke
Department of Geology
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, N.B., Canada
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ISBN 0-931830-14-1
Libraryof Congress
CatalogNumber:80-52549
Societyof Exploration
Geophysicists
P.O. Box 3098, Tulsa,Oklahoma74101
1980bytheSocietyof Exploration
Geophysicists
All fightsreserved
Published 1980
Second
Printing,1981;ThirdPrinting,1986
Printed in the United States of America
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Table of Contents
Page
Foreword v
Abstract vii
1
Chapter 1 Introduction
The seismic refraction method 1
1
Interpretationmethodsand the GRM
3
Chapter2 Traveltimeexpressions
The seismic model 3
Traveltime expressions 3
7
Chapter3 Refractorvelocitydetermination
7
The velocity analysisfunction
7
Plane layers
13
Chapter4 The time-depthfunction
Der'tuition 13
Time-depthsnear shotpoints 15
Chapter 5 Syntheticmodels 17
Small-scaleirregularities 31
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Chapter 8 Average velocity 41
Definition 41
Errors for the three-layer case 43
Comparisonwith hidden layer errors 44
Corrections for surface layers 45
Synthetic example 46
Summary 47
Chapter 9 Reciprocal time 49
Reciprocal times for distant shots 49
Corrections for errors in reciprocal times 50
The intercept time 52
Chapter 10 The time section 53
Uniqueness of the time section 53
Consistencybetween data and interpretation 54
Field data requirements 54
Chapter 11 An interpretation routine 55
Data processing 55
Interpretation 56
Depth section 57
Wavelength considerations 57
Chapter 12 A field example 59
Geologic setting 59
Seismic velocity stratification 63
Initial interpretation 63
Determination of XY-values 67
Revised interpretation 67
Small refractor irregularities 74
Accuracy of depth estimates 74
Refractor velocity variations 74
Summary 81
Chapter 13 The future 83
Acknowledgments 85
References 87
Appendix A Traveltime data 90
Appendix B Welcome reef data 93
Index 103
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