"SIGMELTS": A web portal for electrical conductivity calculations in geosciences

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1450-1459

  Pommier, A ^a   Le Trong, E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Database; Electrical conductivity; Geoelectrics; Laboratory measurements; Magnetotellurics

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITES; CENTRAL ANDES; DATABASE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; EARTH'S CRUST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL DATA; GEOELECTRIC; GEOELECTRICS; GEOMATERIALS; GEOSCIENCES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MIXING MODELS; OXYGEN FUGACITY; SILICATE MELTS; STORAGE CONDITION; TWO PHASE MIXTURES; VOLCANIC ZONE; WEB APPLICATION; WEB PORTAL;

MAGNETOTELLURICS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; USER INTERFACES; WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATABASE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD; LABORATORY METHOD; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PETROLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANDES;

EID: 79955614410     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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