Seismic velocities of granulite-facies xenoliths from Central Ireland: Implications for lower crustal composition and anisotropy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 407, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 81-99

  van den Berg, Riana ^a,c   Daly, J Stephen ^a   Salisbury, Matthew H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Lower crustal xenoliths; Metapelitic granulites; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GRANULITE FACIES; IAPETUS OCEAN; LOWER CRUST; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUTURE ZONE; TECTONOPHYSICS; XENOLITH;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26844518472     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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