Effect of conductive impurities on electrical conductivity in polycrystalline olivine

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Watson, Heather C ^a   Roberts, Jeffery J ^a   Tyburczy, James A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLVENTS; OLIVINE;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON SULFIDE; PISTON-CYLINDER APPARATUS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SERIES-TYPE; BULK CONDUCTIVITIES; SAN CARLOS OLIVINES;

OLIVINE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CRUST; CYLINDER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN; MANTLE; SILICATE MINERAL; SPECTROSCOPY; SULFIDE; THRESHOLD;

EID: 78650119938     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041566     Document Type: Article

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