Comments on "Electrical conductivity of wadsleyite as a function of temperature and water content" by Manthilake et al.

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 19-21

  Karato, Shun ichiro ^a   Dai, Lidong ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SILICATE MINERALS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFLUENCE OF WATER; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; PLANETARY INTERIORS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL VARIATION;

ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROGEN; P-T CONDITIONS; RINGWOODITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 67349100605     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2009.01.011     Document Type: Note

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