Seismic imaging of basalts at Glyvursnes, Faroe Islands: hunting for future exploration methods in basalt covered areas

• Main Authors: Petersen, U. K., Andersen, M. S., White, R. S., Group, SeiFaBa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Archer; Faroe Islands; Glyvursnes; Petersen; Tórshavn; Vestmanna; Faroes
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/589/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/589/1/Petersen,Andersen,WhiteSeiFaBaFirstBreak24%282006%29.pdf

Obtaining good sub-basalt seismic images is known to be problematic (Ziolkowski et al., 2003; White et al., 2003). Although the properties of basalts are quite different from those of most sediments Planke (1999) suggested that seismic energy is transmitted through basalt in much the same way as thr...