The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of olivine aggregates and its implications for the electrical structure of the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 291-300

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Matsuzaki, Takuya ^a   Shatskiy, Anton ^a   Katsura, Tomoo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

electrical conductivity; olivine; upper mantle; water

Indexed keywords

410-KM DISCONTINUITY; ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURES; ACTIVATION ENTHALPIES; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; CONDUCTIVITY JUMP; CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; DOPED SAMPLE; EFFECT OF WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; GEOMETRICAL FACTORS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; LOW WATER; MULTI-ANVIL APPARATUS; PROTON CONDUCTION; SMALL POLARONS; UPPER MANTLE; WADSLEYITE; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WEIGHT PERCENT;

AGGREGATES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; OLIVINE; POLARONS; PROTONS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

WATER CONTENT;

AGGREGATE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL METHOD; ENTHALPY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OLIVINE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

ARRHENIA;

EID: 70350755475     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.032     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Bell D.R., and Rothman G.R. Water in the earth's mantle: the role of nominally anhydrous minerals. Science 255 (1992) 1391-1397
2. Bell D.R., Rossman G.R., Maldener J., Endisch D., and Rauch F. Hydroxide in olivine: a quantitative determination of the absolute amount and calibration of the IR spectrum. J. Geophys. Res. 108 (2003) 2105
3. 2O system up to 24 GPa: implications for the distribution of water in the Earth's mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 182 (2000) 209-211
4. Constable S. SEO3: a new model of electrical conductivity. Geophys. J. Int. 166 (2006) 435-437
5. Constable S., Shankland T.J., and Duba A. The electrical conductivity of an isotropic olivine mantle. J. Geophys. Res. 97 (1992) 3397-3404
6. Debye P.P., and Conwell E.M. Electrical properties of N-type germanium. Phys. Rev. 93 (1954) 693-706
7. Evans R.L., Hirth G., Baba K., Forsyth D., Chave A., and Mackie R. Geophysical evidence from the MELT area for compositional controls on oceanic plates. Nature 437 (2005) 249-252
8. Fukao Y., Widiyantoro S., and Obayashi M. Stagnant slabs in the upper and lower mantle transition region. Rev. Geophys. 39 (2001) 291-323
9. Gaherty J.B., Kato M., and Jordan T.H. Seismological structure of the upper mantle: a regional comparison of seismic layering. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 110 (1999) 21-41
10. Grant K.J., Brooker R.A., Kohn S.C., and Wood B.J. The effect of oxygen fugacity on hydroxyl concentrations and speciation in olivine: implications for water solubility in the upper mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 261 (2007) 217-229
11. Gung Y., Romanowicz B., and Panning M. Global anisotropy and the thickness of continents. Nature 422 (2003) 707-711
12. 2O in nominally anhydrous minerals in the upper mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 236 (2005) 167-181
13. Hirth G., and Kohlstedt D.L. Water in the oceanic upper mantle: implications for rheology, melt extraction and the evolution of the lithosphere. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 144 (1996) 93-108
14. Hirth G., Evans R.L., and Chave A.D. Comparison of continental and oceanic mantle electrical conductivity: in the Archean lithosphere dry?. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 1 (2000) 2000GC000048
15. Huang X., Xu Y., and Karato S. Water content in the transition zone from electrical conductivity of wadsleyite and ringwoodite. Nature 434 (2005) 746-749
16. Iyenger G.N.K., and Alcock C.B. A study of semiconduction in dilutic magnesio-wüstite. Philos. Mag. 21 (1970) 293-304
17. Jacobsen S.D., Smyth J.R., Spetzler H., Holl C.M., and Frost D.J. Sound velocities and elastic constants of iron-bearing hydrous ringwoodite. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 143-144 (2004) 47-56
18. Jones A.G., Lezaeta P., Ferguson I.J., Chave A.D., Evans R.L., Garcia X., and Spratt J. The electrical structure of the Slave craton. Lithos 71 (2003) 505-527
19. Jordan T.H. The continental lithosphere. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys. 13 (1975) 1-12
20. Jordan T.H. Structure and formation of continental tectosphere. J. Petrol. 29 (1988) 11-37
21. Karato S. The role of hydrogen in the electrical conductivity of the upper mantle. Nature 347 (1990) 272-273
22. Karato S., Paterson M.S., and Fitz Gerald J.D. Rheology of synthetic olivine aggregates-influence of grain-size and water. J. Geophys. Res. 91 (1986) 8151-8176
23. 4. J. Geophys. Res. 109 (2004) 10.1029/2003JB002438 B02099
24. 4. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 123 (1996) 345-357
25. Kröger F.A., and Vink H.A. Relations between the concentrations of imperfections in crystalline solids. In: Seitz F., and Turnball D. (Eds). Solid State Physics vol. 3 (1956), Academic Press, NY 307-435
26. Kuvshinov A., Utada H., Avdeev D., and Koyama T. 3-D modelling and analysis of Dst C-responses in the North Pacific Ocean region, revisited Geophys. J. Int. 160 (2005) 505-526
27. Litasov K.D., Ohtani E., Kagi H., Jacobsen S.D., and Ghosh S. Temperature dependence and mechanism of hydrogen incorporation in olivine at 12.5-14.0 GPa. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34 (2007) L16314 10.1029/2007GL030737
28. Lizarralde D., Chave A.D., Hirth G., and Schultz A. A Northern Pacific mantle conductivity profile from long-period magnetotelluric sounding using Hawaii to California submarine cable data. J. Geophys. Res. 100 (1995) 17,837-17,854
29. Mackwell S.J., and Kohlstedt D.L. Diffusion of hydrogen in olivine: implications for water in mantle. J. Geophys. Res. 95 (1990) 5079-5088
30. Manthilake G., Matsuzaki T., Yoshino T., Yamashita S., Ito E., and Katsura T. Electrical conductivity of wadsleyite as a function of temperature and water content. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 174 (2009) 10-18
31. McCammon C. The paradox of mantle redox. Science 308 (2005) 807-808
32. Mei S., and Kohlstedt D.L. Influence of water on plastic deformation of olivine aggregates, part I: diffusion creep regime. J. Geophys. Res. 105 (2000) 21,457-21,469
33. Neal S.L., Mackie R.L., Larsen J.C., and Schultz A. Variations in the electrical conductivity of the upper mantle beneath North America and the Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 105 (2000) 8229-8242
34. Olsen N. The electrical conductivity of the mantle beneath Europe derived from C-responses from 3 to 270 hours. Geophys. J. Int. 133 (1998) 298-308
35. Paterson M.S. The determination of hydroxyl by infrared absorption in quartz, silicate glasses and similar materials. Bull. Mineral. 105 (1982) 20-29
36. Roberts J.J. Electrical properties of microporous rock as a function of saturation and temperature. J. Appl. Phys. 91 (2002) 1687-1694
37. Rohrback A., Ballhaus C., Golla-Scindler U., Ulmer P., Kamenetsky V.S., and Kuzmin D.V. Metal saturation in the upper mantle. Nature 449 (2007) 456-458
38. Rudnick R.L., McDonough W.F., and O'Connell R.J. Thermal structure, thickness and composition of continental lithosphere. Chem. Geol. 145 (1998) 395-411
39. Schock R.N., Duba A.G., and Shankland T.J. Electrical conduction in olivine. J. Geophys. Res. 94 (1989) 5829-5839
40. Schultz A., Kurtz R.D., Chave A.D., and Jones A.G. Conductivity discontinuities in the upper mantle beneath a stable craton. Geophys. Res. Lett. 20 (1993) 2941-2944
41. Seama N., Baba K., Utada H., Toh H., Tada K., Ichiki M., and Matsuno T. 1-D electrical conductivity structure beneath the Philippine Sea: results from an oceanic bottom magnetotelluric survey. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 162 (2007) 2-12
42. 4: a potential host for water in the mantle?. Am. Mineral. 72 (1987) 1051-1055
43. Smyth J.R., Frost D.J., Nestola F., Holl C.M., and Bromiley G. Olivine hydration in the deep upper mantle: effect of temperature and silica activity. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33 (2006) 10.1029/2006GL026194 L06612
44. Tarits P., Hautot S., and Perrier F. Water in the mantle: results from electrical conductivity beneath the French Alps. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33 (2004) 10.1029/2003GL019277 L15301
45. Turcotte D.L., and Schubert G. Geodynamics (1982), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York p. 450
46. Waff H.S. Theoretical considerations of electrical conductivity in partial molten mantle and implications for geothermometry. J. Geophys. Res. 79 (1974) 4003-4010
47. Wang D., Mookherjee M., Xu Y., and Karato S. The effect of water on the electrical conductivity of olivine. Nature 443 (2006) 977-980
48. Xu Y., Poe B.T., Shankland T.J., and Rubie D.C. Electrical conductivity of olivine, wadsleyite and ringwoodite under upper-mantle condition. Science 280 (1998) 1415-1418
49. Xu Y., Shankland T.J., and Duba A.G. Pressure effect on electrical conductivity of mantle olivine. Phys. Earth Planet. Int. 118 (2000) 149-161
50. Yoshino T., Matsuzaki T., Yamashita S., and Katsura T. Hydrous olivine unable to account for conductivity anomaly at the top of the asthenosphere. Nature 443 (2006) 973-976
51. Yoshino T., Manthilake G., Matsuzaki T., and Katsura T. Dry mantle transition zone inferred from electrical conductivity of wadsleyite and ringwoodite. Nature 451 (2008) 326-329