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The elastic properties of granites from Western Bohemia which we measured and published earlier have been supplemented with measurements of olivine nephelinite from the same region and with data on lherzolitic xenolith from the vicinity of Železný Brod. The set of velocities measured under laboratory conditions has been compared with depth profiles suggested for the purpose of locating seismic swarm events which occur in this region. P-wave velocities were measured under pressures of up to 400 MPa. This pressure corresponds to depths of about 15 km for this region. The data were extrapolated for larger depths. Comparing laboratory measurements and seismic profiles, we can conclude that the rocks under study may be constituents of crust structures.
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Martínková, M., Pros, Z., Klíma, K. et al. Experimentally Determined P-Wave Velocity Anisotropy for Rocks Related to the Western Bohemia Seismoactive Region. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 44, 581–589 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021871819408
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