Application of differential effective medium, magnetic pore fabric analysis, and X-ray microtomography to calculate elastic properties of porous and anisotropic rock aggregates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Almqvist, Bjarne S G ^a   Mainprice, David ^b   Madonna, Claudio ^c   Burlini, Luigi ^c   Hirt, Ann M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; CALCITE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC METHOD; MUSCOVITE; P-WAVE; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK PROPERTY; S-WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78751535186     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007750     Document Type: Article

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