Experimental studies on the effects of fracture on the P and S wave velocity propagation in sedimentary rock ("Calcarenite del Salento")

Engineering Geology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 130-142

  Leucci, Giovanni ^a   De Giorgi, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Fractures; Model experiment; Seismic properties

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE; POLYNOMIALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FIELD EXPERIMENT; MODEL EXPERIMENT; SEISMIC PROPERTIES;

SEISMOLOGY;

FRACTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEISMIC PROPERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33646081273     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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