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Wu et al. 1994
Wu, R., Xu, Z. and Li, X. (1994). Heterogeneity spectrum and scale-anisotropy in the upper crust revealed by the German Continental Deep-Drilling (KTB) Holes. Geophysical Research Letters 21: doi: 10.1029/94GL00772. issn: 0094-8276.

Crustal heterogeneities and their statistical characteristics bear important information about the dynamic processes and evolution of the crust. The velocity well-log data from the German Continental Deep Drilling Project (KTB) offer a rare opportunity to measure directly the properties of crustal heterogeneities. In this study, we first estimated the power spectrum of crustal heterogeneities from the P-velocity well-logs of the two holes. For the first time, a power-law spectrum of crustal heterogeneities was directly observed in the spatial wavelength ranged from a few meters to a few kilometers. The slope of the vertical 1D power spectrum of the random velocity perturbations is about 1.1, corresponding to a flicker-noise random medium. The sale-anisotropy ratio (aspect ratio) and the horizontal spectral slope of crustal heterogeneities were also estimated by cross-correlation analysis between these two holes to be about 1.8 and 2.0, respectively. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1994

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Exploration Geophysics, Continental structures, Physical Properties of Rocks, Sound velocities, Seismology, Structure of the crust, Seismology, General or miscellaneous
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