Accession Number:

ADA334836

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Pore Pressure, Attenuation, Anisotropy and Inhomogeneities in the Oceanic Crust

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

PURDUE UNIV LAFAYETTE IN

Personal Author(s):

• Christensen, Nikolas I.

Report Date:

1997-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this project was to study the composition, genesis and evolution of oceanic crustal rocks by investigating the relationships between mineralogy, porosity, seismic velocity and seismic attenuation. These properties are dependent on the processes which form the oceanic crust and change as the crust evolves.

Descriptors:

• *ANISOTROPY
• *PORE PRESSURE
• *OCEANIC CRUST
• POROSITY
• BASALT
• SEISMIC DATA
• SEISMIC WAVES
• SEISMIC VELOCITY
• SEDIMENTARY ROCK
• MINERALOGY

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Seismology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE