Petrophysical analysis of a mid-crustal reflector in the IBERSEIS profile, SW Spain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 550-553, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-46

  Brown, D ^a   Zhang, X ^b   Palomeras, I ^c   Simancas, F ^d   Carbonell, R ^a   Juhlin, C ^e   Salisbury, M ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

IBERSEIS; Mid crustal reflectors; Petrophysics; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

HIGH VELOCITY; IBERSEIS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MAFIC INTRUSION; MAFIC SILLS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS; PETROPHYSICS; POISSON'S RATIO; PROPERTY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SHEAR ZONE; SW SPAIN;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES;

REFLECTION;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METASEDIMENT; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR ZONE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84863098986     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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