A test of the relationship between seismic velocity and heat production for crustal rocks

Details A test of the relationship between seismic velocity and heat production for crustal rocks A test of the relationship between seismic velocity and heat production for crustal rocks

Feb 1989

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 92, Issue 1, p. 89-94.

Physics

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New heat production data of 40 rock samples comprising a wide variety of crustal rocks are compared with respective P-wave velocities and densities in order to test the empirical velocity-density-heat production systematics proposed by Rybach and Buntebarth [1,2], which have been used by several investigators to determine heat production with depth in the crust. Our laboratory data do not convincingly fit any of the proposed relationships. The lack of confirmation is attributed to the fact that the physical rock properties are mainly related to the single crystal properties of the respective major minerals, whereas heat production in the rocks results from radiogenic components, which are largely concentrated in accessory minerals.

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