Electrical conductivity of wadsleyite as a function of temperature and water content

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 10-18

  Manthilake, M A G M ^a   Matsuzaki, Takuya ^a   Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Yamashita, Shigeru ^a   Ito, Eiji ^a   Katsura, Tomoo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Hopping conduction; Proton conduction; Transition zone; Wadsleyite

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOPPING CONDUCTION; PROTON CONDUCTION; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; OLIVINE; OXYGEN; PROTONS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRATION; MANTLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION ZONE; WADSLEYITE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 67349158315     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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