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The velocity of compressional waves in rocks to 10 kilobars: 1.
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The velocity of compressional waves has been determined by measurement of travel time of pulses in specimens of rock at pressures to 10 kilobars and room temperature. Most of the samples, mainly igneous and metamorphic rocks, furnished three specimens oriented at right angles to one another. The present paper gives experimental details, modal analyses, and numerical tables of velocity as function of direction of propagation, initial density, and pressure. Discussion of various aspects of the measurements is reserved for part 2.
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- Authors
- Birch, F.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1960-04
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1083-1102
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2166026905
- Cited by
- 2,239
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 12.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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