Effects of pore pressure on compressional wave attenuation in a young oceanic basalt

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1321-1324

  Tompkins, Michael J ^a   Christensen, Nikolas I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PORE PRESSURE; COMPRESSIONAL WAVE ATTENUATION; OCEAN CRUST; CONFINING PRESSURES; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; LABORATORY DATUM; NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OCEANIC BASALTS; QUALITY FACTORS; SITU CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATTENUATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; BASALT; HYDRAULICS; Q METERS; ROCK PRESSURE; SEISMOLOGY;

OCEANOGRAPHY; PORE PRESSURE;

COMPRESSION; OCEAN ISLAND BASALT; PORE PRESSURE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; WAVE ATTENUATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033134298     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900216     Document Type: Article

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