Elastic wave velocity in rocks from Dabieshan and its constraints for lithospheric composition and crust-mantle recycling

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-122

  Zhao, Zhidan ^a,b   Christensen, Nicolas I ^c   Zhou, Wenge ^a   Xie, Hongsen ^a   Zhang, Zeming ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dabieshan; Eclogite; Elastic wave velocity, anisotropy; Poisson's ratios

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RECYCLING; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CRUST MANTLE; DABIESHAN; ECLOGITES; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITY, ANISOTROPY; LITHOSPHERIC; P- AND S-WAVE VELOCITIES; ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE (UHP); ULTRAHIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC; WAVE VELOCITY ANISOTROPIES;

POISSON RATIO;

EID: 21444436184     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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