The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of olivine

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7114, 2006, Pages 977-980

  Wang, Duojun ^a,b,c   Mookherjee, Mainak ^c   Xu, Yousheng ^c,d   Karato, Shun Ichiro ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GEOPHYSICS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; WATER;

A.C. IMPEDANCE; ASTHENOSPHERE; GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION;

OLIVINE;

MINERAL; OLIVINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DATA SET; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HIGH PRESSURE; MELTING; MINERAL RESOURCE; OLIVINE; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE; LABORATORY TEST; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33749606518     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05256     Document Type: Article

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