Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
May 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.1321t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 9, p. 1321-1324
Physics
Geophysics
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Physical Properties Of Rocks: Wave Attenuation, Seismology: Oceanic Crust, Marine Geology And Geophysics
Scientific paper
Laboratory data are reported for ultrasonic compressional wave attenuation (αp) as a function of pore pressure in a Juan de Fuca Ridge dredge basalt. Four experiments have been made to determine the relationships between attenuation and quality factor (Qp) and confining and pore pressures in the shallow ocean crust. Attenuation was measured at 1) a constant differential pressure of 40 MPa; 2) confining pressures to 120 MPa and atmospheric pore pressures; 3) a constant confining pressure of 50 MPa while varying pore pressures; 4) a constant confining pressure of 100 MPa while varying pore pressures. For atmospheric pore pressures, αp ranges from 1.64 dB/cm to 7.08 dB/cm (Qp=24 to 10). In addition, attenuation increases systematically with increasing pore pressure and decreasing differential pressure (confining pressure-pore pressure). Results from DSDP and ODP downhole packer experiments suggest that the hydrostatic pore pressure regime may best approximate in situ conditions for young oceanic crust. Hydrostatic pore pressures (@ 5000 meters depth) reduce Qp as much as 35% from normal atmospheric pressure conditions; therefore, pore pressures generated in the upper oceanic crust may be responsible in part for the observed low seismic Qp within layer 2A. Qp measurements at elevated pore pressures agree well with seismic Qp data.
Christensen Nikolas I.
Tompkins Michael J.
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