The effect of heating on the microstructural evolution of La Peyratte granite deduced from acoustic velocity measurements

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 692-700

  Reuschlé, Thierry ^a   Gbaguidi Haore, Sevi ^a   Darot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves velocity; Effective medium; Granite; Thermal cracking

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; THERMAL CRACKING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; CRACKS; ELASTICITY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GRANITE;

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; GRANITE; HEATING; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 33644901524     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.038     Document Type: Article

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