Evaluation of the elastic moduli from combined spherical and triaxial experimental data: Application to a gneiss sample

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Ullemeyer, Klaus ^a   Popp, Till ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELASTIC MODULI; EXTRAPOLATION;

DATA SETS; WAVE VELOCITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELASTIC MODULUS; GNEISS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 4143077048     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020027     Document Type: Article

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