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Seismic records are based on measurements of the time sound waves (seismic waves) take to travel through rock. The sound or signal is produced by explosives or compressed air (air guns). Rock is an elastic medium and the velocity of sound conveys a lot of information about the properties of the rock. Normal sound waves (P-waves) travel through both the solid phase, which for the most part consists of minerals or rock fragments, and the liquid or gas in the pores. Shear waves (S-waves) on the other hand can only go through the solid phase.
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Bjørlykke, K. (2015). Seismic Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis. In: Bjørlykke, K. (eds) Petroleum Geoscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34132-8_8
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