Effect of iron content on electrical conductivity of ringwoodite, with implications for electrical structure in the transition zone

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Katsura, Tomoo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Iron content; Ringwoodite; Transition zone; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IRON CONTENT; RINGWOODITE; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ENTHALPY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SILICATE MINERALS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; RINGWOODITE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 67349219405     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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