Low electrical resistivity and seismic velocity at the base of the upper crust as indicator of rheologically weak layer

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-154

  Vanyan, L ^a   Tezkan, B ^b   Palshin, N ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brine; Brittle ductile; Crustal conductor; Earth crust; Electrical conductivity; Permeability; Porosity and microcracks; Saline water; Seismic velocity; Wave guide

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CORRELATION METHODS; DUCTILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVEGUIDES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; UPPER CRUST;

GERMANY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0035652177     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012937410685     Document Type: Article

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