Seismic properties of layer 2 basalts

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-300

  Johnston, Joel E ^a,b   Christensen, Nikolas I ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Igneous rock; Layer 2; Microcracks; Poisson's ratio; Porosity; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MICROCRACK; OCEAN CRUST; POISSON'S RATIO; POROSITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0030746833     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01555.x     Document Type: Article

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