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TRACING BY GRAVITY OF A NARROW BURIED GRABEN STRUCTURE, DETECTED BY SEISMIC REFRACTION, FOR GROUND‐WATER INVESTIGATIONS IN NORTH CHILE*
- Source: Geophysical Prospecting, Volume 28, Issue 3, May 1980, p. 392 - 407
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- 27 Apr 2006
Abstract
Abstract
In the Andes mountains of North Chile seismic refraction measurements revealed the existence of a buried graben structure. The special geological environment permitted the deduction, by detailed analyses of diffraction patterns and delayed arrival times, of a low velocity layer underneath a high velocity ignimbritic sheet.
The gravity method was chosen as an economic secondary aid to trace the course of the buried structure. This unusual combination of detailed gravity measurements following a general seismic survey was not only successful in detecting and tracing a buried structure, but also provided complementary data about the deeper subsurface conditions.