Seismic waves velocities and anisotropy in serpentinized peridotites from Xigaze ophiolite: Abundance of serpentine in slow spreading ridge

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Horen, H ^a   Zamora, M ^b   Dubuisson, G ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SERPENTINE; SHEAR WAVES; SILICATE MINERALS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; P- AND S-WAVES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC WAVE VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES; SLOW-SPREADING RIDGES; WAVES VELOCITY;

SEISMIC WAVES;

GABBRO; OPHIOLITE; PERIDOTITE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINIZATION; SLOW SPREADING RIDGE;

CHINA, TIBET, XIGAZE OPHIOLITE;

EID: 0029772620     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95GL03594     Document Type: Article

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