Pressure dependence of velocity and attenuation and its relationship to crack closure in crystalline rocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17523-17533

  Meglis, I L ^a,b   Greenfield, R J ^a   Engelder, T ^a   Graham, E K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CONFINING PRESSURE; CRACK; CRACK CLOSURE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ELASTIC WAVE; FRACTURE CLOSURE; STRAIN; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

USA, CONNECTICUT, MOODUS;

EID: 0030424497     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00107     Document Type: Article

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