Birch's law

Birch's law, discovered by the geophysicist Francis Birch, establishes a linear relation between compressional wave velocity vp and density of rocks and minerals: where is the mean atomic mass in formula units and is an empirical function determined by experiment.

Birch's law

Birch's law, discovered by the geophysicist Francis Birch, establishes a linear relation between compressional wave velocity vp and density of rocks and minerals: where is the mean atomic mass in formula units and is an empirical function determined by experiment.