High pressure and high-temperature measurements of electrical conductivity in basaltic rocks from Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Scarlato, Piergiorgio ^a   Poe, Brent T ^a,b   Freda, Carmela ^a   Gaeta, Mario ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basaltic rock; Electrical conductivity; Mount Etna

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAVA FLOW; P-T CONDITIONS;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 2542448113     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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