Seismic velocity, density, thermal conductivity and heat production of cores from the KTB pilot hole

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 345-348

  Huenges, Ernst ^a   Lauterjung, Jörn ^a   Bücker, Christian ^b   Lippmann, Erich ^c   Kern, Hartmut ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Mineralogisch Petrographisches Inst ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; MINERALS; VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; CORE ANALYSIS; CORE SAMPLES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; MINERAL COMPOSITION; PETROPHYSICAL DATUM; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SPACE RESOLUTIONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; PETROLOGY;

CORE PROFILE; PETROPHYSICAL DATA; ROCK FABRIC;

BOREHOLE; DENSITY; KTB PILOT HOLE; PETROPHYSICAL DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

GERMANY, BAVARIA;

EID: 0031077791     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02889     Document Type: Article

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