Effect of water on the electrical conductivity of lower crustal clinopyroxene

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Xiaozhi ^a,b   Keppler, Hans ^a   McCammon, Catherine ^a   Ni, Huaiwei ^a   Xia, Qunke ^b   Fan, Qicheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ENTHALPY; GRANULITE; LOWER CRUST; WATER CONTENT; XENOLITH;

EID: 79955066115     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008010     Document Type: Article

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