Temperature dependence of shear wave attenuation in partially molten gabbronorite at seismic frequencies

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1025-1038

  Fontaine, Fabrice R ^a   Ildefonse, Benoit ^a   Bagdassarov, Nickolai S ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Gabbro; Laboratory measurement; Partial melting; Torsion deformation

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; FRICTION; GRAIN SIZE; IGNEOUS ROCK; S-WAVE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 33745269210     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02767.x     Document Type: Article

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