Laboratory electrical conductivity measurement of mantle minerals

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-206

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; High pressure; Mantle; Mineral; Review

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENTHALPIES; CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; CONDUCTIVE LAYER; EARTH'S MANTLE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRON HOLE; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; FERRIC IRON; GEOMAGNETIC DEEP SOUNDING; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; GEOTHERMS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; HIGH PRESSURE APPARATUS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASIS; HIGH-PRESSURE POLYMORPH; IMPURITIES IN; IRON CONTENT; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNETOTELLURICS; MANTLE; MANTLE MINERALS; MANTLE ROCKS; MINERAL PHASIS; NOMINALLY ANHYDROUS MINERALS; PROTON CONDUCTION; RINGWOODITE; SEMICONDUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SMALL POLARONS; SOLID MEDIUM; SPIN TRANSITION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; WADSLEYITE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GEOMAGNETISM; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; IRON; LABORATORIES; OLIVINE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARONS; PROTONS; SILICATE MINERALS;

MINERALS;

DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY METHOD; LOWER MANTLE; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77950459852     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-009-9084-0     Document Type: Article

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