Nature and origin of upper crustal seismic velocity fluctuations and associated scaling properties: Combined stochastic analyses of KTB velocity and lithology logs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 13169-13182

  Goff, John A ^a   Holliger, Klaus ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER CRUST;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; KTB;

EID: 0033542329     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900129     Document Type: Article

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