Investigation on compressional wave velocities of mafic rocks in deep crust

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-230

  Zhang, You Nan ^a   Ma, Jin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dehydratton exsolution; High temperature and high pressure; Wave velocity of rocks

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOWER CRUST; MAFIC ROCK; P WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0030736854     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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