Electrical properties of crustal and mantle rocks - A review of laboratory measurements and their explanation

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 593-651

  Nover, Georg ^a  

^a Mineralogisch Petrologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Minerals; Pressure; Rocks; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MINERALS; PRESSURE; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CHARGE TRANSPORT; CRUSTAL ROCKS; MANTLE ROCKS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CRUST; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; MANTLE;

EID: 28044451072     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-005-1759-6     Document Type: Review

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