Petrophysical modeling of high seismic velocity crust at the Namibian volcanic margin

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 362, Issue , 2002, Pages 221-230

  Trumbull, R B ^a   Sobolev, S V ^a   Bauer, K ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; GARNETS; MAGNESIA; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROPHYSICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BULK CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROPHYSICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

VELOCITY;

BASALT; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERIDOTITE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAMIBIAN MARGIN;

EID: 84870863387     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2362-0.221     Document Type: Article

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