Electrical conductivity of basaltic and carbonatite melt-bearing peridotites at high pressures: Implications for melt distribution and melt fraction in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 295, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 593-602

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Laumonier, Mickael ^b   McIsaac, Elizabeth ^c   Katsura, Tomoo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UMR 7327   (France)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basalt; Carbonatite; Electrical conductivity; Melt fraction; Permeability

Indexed keywords

ARCHIE'S LAW; BASALTIC MELTS; CARBONATE SYSTEM; CARBONATITES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; GRADUAL CHANGES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENT; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MELT DISTRIBUTIONS; MELT FRACTION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; MOLTEN REGION; MULTI-ANVIL APPARATUS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; UPPER MANTLE;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CARBONATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OLIVINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLVENTS;

BASALT;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; CARBONATITE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH PRESSURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE BASALT; OLIVINE; PERIDOTITE; PERMEABILITY; SILICATE; UPPER MANTLE;

EID: 77953706304     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.050     Document Type: Article

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