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REFRACTION SEISMIC
Advance Exploration Geophysics Course
Dr. Wiwit Suryanto
Seismology, Volcanology and Geothermal Research Group
Geophysics Laboratory, Physics Department, FMNS, UGM
Oscilloscope display
INTRODUCTION
• Refraction seismic is most useful when abrupt increase in
velocity with depth, since critically refracted P-wave
eventually arrive ahead of other waves
Depth to bedrock
Crustal thickness
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REFRACTION ANATOMY
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REVERSED REFRACTION
• The vertical depth to the interface below point A and B
QUIZ
③ Vertical depth to
the interface below
point A and B