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Rheological and Seismic Properties of Solid-Melt Systems

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Our understanding of rheological properties of the Earth’s interior is largely based on a combination of mineral physics data and direct geophysical observations. Hence seismic velocities and attenuation may be interpreted if we understand how they depend on the mechanical properties of matter. For example, the travel-times and amplitudes of seismic waves propagating through the Earth can be interpreted in terms of mineralogical models when we know the properties of minerals and rocks at depth.

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Chien, SY. (2014). Introduction. In: Rheological and Seismic Properties of Solid-Melt Systems. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03098-2_1

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