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Elastic anisotropies of rocks in a subduction and exhumation setting
Michael J. Schmidtke
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Institut für Geowissenschaften, Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Ruth Keppler
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Jacek Kossak-Glowczewski
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Nikolaus Froitzheim
Institut für Geowissenschaften, Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Michael Stipp
Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther University, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Rocks in mountain belts have been deformed during continental collision causing a certain alignment of the minerals referred to as crystallographic preferred orientation (CPO). Minerals have anisotropic properties: the velocity of seismic waves travelling through them is direction dependent. This leads to anisotropy of the rocks. We measured the CPO of common rocks within the Alps. With this data and known anisotropic properties of the minerals we calculated the seismic anisotropy of the rocks.
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Short summary
Properties of deformed rocks are frequently anisotropic. One of these properties is the travel time of a seismic wave. In this study we measured the seismic anisotropy of different rocks, collected in the Alps. Our results show distinct differences between rocks of oceanic origin and those of continental origin.
Properties of deformed rocks are frequently anisotropic. One of these properties is the travel...
