Experimental Techniques in Mineral and Rock Physics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Robert C. Liebermann, Carl H. Sondergeld

      Pages 209-209

3. Reflections on the Career of Edward Schreiber

   1. Reflections on the Career of Edward Schreiber

      • Robert C. Liebermann, William A. Bassett

      Pages 211-217

4. Rocks and Rock Properties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Experimental Simulation of Plagioclase Diagenesis at P-T Conditions of 3.5 km Burial Depth

      • Stephen L. Karner, B. Charlotte Schreiber

      Pages 221-247

   3. A New Exploration Tool: Quantitative Core Characterization

      • Carl H. Sondergeld, Chandra S. Rai

      Pages 249-268

   4. Quasi-static Poroelastic Parameters in Rock and Their Geophysical Applications

      • Herbert F. Wang

      Pages 269-286

   5. Controls on Sonic Velocity in Carbonates

      • Flavio S. Anselmetti, Gregor P. Eberli

      Pages 287-323

5. Acoustic Studies of the Elasticity and Equation of State of Minerals

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325

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   2. Accuracy in Measurements and the Temperature and Volume Dependence of Thermoelastic Parameters

      • Orson L. Anderson, Donald G. Isaak

      Pages 327-339

   3. A New Ultrasonic Interferometer for the Determination of Equation of State Parameters of Sub-millimeter Single Crystals

      • Hartmut A. Spetzler, Ganglin Chen, Scott Whitehead, Ivan C. Getting

      Pages 341-377

   4. Performance of the Complete Travel-time Equation of State at Simultaneous High Pressure and Temperature

      • Hartmut A. Spetzler, Akira Yoneda

      Pages 379-392

   5. The Elastic Properties of Single-crystal Fayalite as Determined by Dynamical Measurement Techniques

      • Donald G. Isaak, Earl K. Graham, Jay D. Bass, Hong Wang

      Pages 393-414

   6. Effects of Cation Disordering in a Natural MgAl2O4 Spinel Observed by Rectangular Parallelepiped Ultrasonic Resonance and Raman Measurements

      • Hyunchae Cynn, Orson L. Anderson, Malcolm Nicol

      Pages 415-444

   7. A High-pressure, High-temperature Apparatus for Studies of Seismic Wave Dispersion and Attenuation

      • Ian Jackson, M. S. Paterson

      Pages 445-466

   8. Hot Pressing of Polycrystals of High-pressure Phases of Mantle Minerals in Multi-anvil Apparatus

      • Gabriel D. Gwanmesia, Baosheng Li, Robert C. Liebermann

      Pages 467-484

6. Diamond-anvil Cell Experiments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 485-485

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   2. Hydrothermal Studies in a New Diamond Anvil Cell up to 10 GPa and from −190°C to 1200°C

      • W. A. Bassett, A. H. Shen, M. Bucknum, I-Ming Chou

      Pages 487-495

   3. Thermal Analysis in the Laser-heated Diamond Anvil Cell

      • Jeffrey S. Sweeney, Dion L. Heinz

      Pages 497-507

   4. Deviatoric Stress in a Diamond Anvil Cell Using Synchrotron Radiation with Two Diffraction Geometries

      • T.-C. Wu, W. A. Bassett

      Pages 509-519

Knowledge of the relation between sonic velocity in sediments and rock lithology is one of the keys to interpreting data from seismic sections or from acoustic logs of sedimentary sequences. Reliable correlations of rock velocity with other petrophysical parameters, such as porosity or density, are essential for calculating impedance models for synthetic seismic sections (BIDDLE et al. , 1992; CAMPBELL and STAFLEU, 1992) or identifying the origin of reflectivity on seismic lines (SELLAMI et al. , 1990; CHRISTENSEN and SZYMANSKI, 1991). Velocity is thus an important parameter for correlating lithological with geophysical data. Recent studies have increased our understanding of elastic rock properties in siliciclastic or shaly sediments. The causes for variations in velocity have been investigated for siliciclastic rocks (VERNIK and NUR, 1992), mixed carbonate siliciclastic sediments (CHRISTENSEN and SZYMANSKI, 1991), synthetic sand-clay mixtures (MARION et aI. , 1992) or claystones (JAPSEN, 1993). The concepts derived from these studies are however only partly applicable in pure carbonates. Carbon­ ates do not have large compositional variations that are, as is the case in the other sedimentary rocks, responsible for velocity contrasts. Pure carbonates are character­ ized by the lack of any clay or siliciclastic content, but are mostly produced and deposited on the top or on the slope of isolated or detached carbonate platforms, that have no hinterland as a source of terrigeneous material (WILSON, 1975; EBERLI, 1991).

• geophysics
• mineral
• sediment
• sedimentary rock
• seismic

• Center for High Pressure Research, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, USA

  Robert C. Liebermann

• Rock Properties, Theoretical Geophysical Research, Amoco Production Company Research Center, Tulsa, USA

  Carl H. Sondergeld

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