ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The crust and upper mantle of the Earth are thoroughly permeated by cracks. Sedimentary rocks contain joints and fractures, which can lead to pronounced seismic velocity-aniso-tropy in shallow beds23. Igneous rocks in the crust, and possibly the crystalline upper-mantle4, contain microcracks within ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/286874a0
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