The electrical conductivity of upper-mantle rocks: Water content in the upper mantle

Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Wang, Duojun ^a,b   Li, Heping ^a   Yi, Li ^c   Shi, Baoping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Upper mantle; Water content

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; WATER CONTENT;

DUNITE; LHERZOLITE; PYROXENITE; UPPER MANTLE; UPPER-MANTLE ROCKS;

MINERALS;

DUNITE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUGACITY; LHERZOLITE; MODELING; OXYGEN; PYROXENITE; ROCK PROPERTY; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 41549094624     PISSN: 03421791     EISSN: 14322021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00269-007-0207-1     Document Type: Review

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