Birch's Law
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Birch's law establishes a linear relation of the compressional wave velocity vp of rocks and minerals of a constant average atomic weight
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Francis Birch
published two papers in 1961, which later became known as Birch's Law.
Atomic weight
Atomic weight is a dimensionless physical quantity, the ratio of the average mass of atoms of an element to 1/12 of the mass of an atom of carbon-12...
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Francis Birch (geophysicist)
Albert Francis Birch was an American geophysicist best known for his experimental work on the properties of Earth-forming minerals at high pressure and temperature, in 1952 he published a well-known paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research ,where he demonstrated that the mantle is chiefly...
published two papers in 1961, which later became known as Birch's Law.