Thermal diffusivity of upper mantle rocks: Influence of temperature, pressure, and the deformation fabric

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Gibert, Benoit ^a   Seipold, Ulfert ^b   Tommasi, Andréa ^a   Mainprice, David ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Lattice diffusivity; Mantle rocks; Petrophysical models; Radiative heat transfer; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; GEODYNAMICS; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; THERMAL REGIME; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 0344082748     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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