Seismic properties of lower crustal xenoliths from El Hoyazo (SE Spain): Experimental evidence up to partial melting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 239-253

  Ferri, Fabio ^a   Burlini, Luigi ^b   Cesare, Bernardo ^a,c   Sassi, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albor n Domain; lower crust; melting; Petrophysics; seismic properties; xenolith

Indexed keywords

LOWER CRUST; PETROPHYSICS; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; XENOLITHS;

COMPOSITION; EXTRAPOLATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAT TREATMENT; SEISMOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY;

PETROLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DACITE; LOWER CRUST; NEOGENE; P-WAVE; PARTIAL MELTING; SEISMIC PROPERTY; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE VELOCITY; XENOLITH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33845571692     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.027     Document Type: Article

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