Experimental estimation of velocities and anisotropy of a series of Swedish crystalline rocks and ores

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 153-167

  Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Andersson, Magnus ^a   Lebedev, Maxim ^b   Urosevic, Milovan ^b   Mikhaltsevitch, Vassili ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Deformation; Mining

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; DEFORMATION ZONE; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ELEVATED PRESSURE; IRON ORE MINE; MINERAL TEXTURE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; ROCK SAMPLE; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SEISMIC METHODS; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SULPHIDE ORES; SURFACE REFLECTIONS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ANISOTROPY; DEFORMATION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; IRON ORES; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

VELOCITY;

AMPHIBOLITE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEFORMATION; IRON ORE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; P-WAVE; PYRITE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONICS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84871309689     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2012.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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