How crack porosity and shape control seismic velocities in the upper oceanic crust: Modeling downhole logs from Holes 504B and 1256D

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Carlson, R L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downhole logs; Layer 2; Oceanic crust; Porosity; Seismic structure; Sonic velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951761380     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GC002955     Document Type: Article

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