Permeability of granular aggregate of soft gel: Application to the partially molten system

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 83-92

  Takashima, Shinichiro ^a   Kurita, Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

analog material; partially molten system; permeability

Indexed keywords

LIQUID FRACTION; MAGMATIC MELT; PARTIALLY MOLTEN SYSTEM; UPPER MANTLE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GRANULAR MATERIALS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOLTEN MATERIALS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGGREGATE; DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEL; GRANULAR MEDIUM; MAGMATISM; MORPHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 39549090649     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.041     Document Type: Article

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