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Intrinsic Elastic Anisotropy of Westerly Granite Observed by Ultrasound Measurements, Microstructural Investigations, and Neutron Diffraction

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00007064%3AK01__%2F20%3AN0000065" target="_blank" >RIV/00007064:K01__/20:N0000065 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/67985831:_____/21:00555174

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JB020878" target="_blank" >https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JB020878</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020878" target="_blank" >10.1029/2020JB020878</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Intrinsic Elastic Anisotropy of Westerly Granite Observed by Ultrasound Measurements, Microstructural Investigations, and Neutron Diffraction

  • Original language description

    Westerly granite (WG) has been generally accepted as an isotropic homogeneous rock. Here, we return to WG and observe significant elastic anisotropy using multidirectional ultrasonic sounding on spherical samples at pressures up to 400 MPa. Thermal treatment of WG leads to formation of microcracks that reduce elastic wave velocities and increase its elastic anisotropy. The 3D distribution of P-wave velocities at low pressure is close to orthorhombic symmetry. Application of hydrostatic pressure closes most of thermally induced microcracks and decreases elastic anisotropy of WG, but at high pressure the anisotropy is practically reversed compared to low pressure: maximum P-wave velocity direction at low pressures is near minimum velocity direction at high pressure and vice versa. To understand this effect, microstructures of the rock were investigated by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Preferred orientations of four major rock-forming minerals-quartz, orthoclase, plagioclase, and biotite-were measured by time-of-flight neutron diffraction, which confirms significant crystal alignment. All these data were used to numerically model anisotropic elastic properties of WG. It is shown that WG possesses weak intrinsic elastic anisotropy related mainly to the preferred orientation of feldspars formed during igneous crystallization. Observed microcracks are mostly related to the cleavage planes of feldspars and biotite, and thus also demonstrate preferred orientation. Higher preheating temperatures produce larger quantity of longer microcracks. A numerical model shows that these microcracks act against the weak intrinsic elastic anisotropy of WG, and define the elastic anisotropy at low pressures.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10700 - Other natural sciences

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2020

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

  • ISSN

    2169-9313

  • e-ISSN

    2169-9356

  • Volume of the periodical

    126

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    1

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    23

  • Pages from-to

    1-23

  • UT code for WoS article

    000617378900001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85099990828