Elastic wave velocities, chemistry and modal mineralogy of crustal rocks sampled by the Outokumpu scientific drill hole: Evidence from lab measurements and modeling

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 151-166

  Kern, H ^a   Mengel, K ^b   Strauss, K W ^b   Ivankina, T I ^c   Nikitin, A N ^c   Kukkonen, I T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Measured and calculated elastic properties; Modal composition; Nature of seismic reflections; Outokumpu deep drill hole

Indexed keywords

3D VELOCITIES; BIOTITE GNEISS; BULK ROCKS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; DEPTH RANGES; ELASTIC WAVE VELOCITIES; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC VELOCITIES; LEAST SQUARES FITTINGS; LITHOLOGIC CONTROLS; MEASURED AND CALCULATED ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MICA SCHISTS; MICRO PROBES; MINERAL CHEMISTRIES; MODAL COMPOSITION; NATURE OF SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; OUTOKUMPU DEEP DRILL HOLE; PRECAMBRIAN; ROCK TYPES; S-WAVE VELOCITIES; SEISMIC ANISOTROPIES; SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING; SINGLE-CRYSTAL PROPERTIES; STRONG ANISOTROPIES; TEXTURE MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY ANISOTROPIES; WAVE TRAINS;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CURVE FITTING; ELASTICITY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; GRANITE; INTERCALATION; LITHOLOGY; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINING; ROCK DRILLS; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

MINERALS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRILLING; ELASTIC WAVE; GRANITE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MICA; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SCHIST; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 67349098374     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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