Connectivity of core forming melts: Experimental constraints from electrical conductivity and X-ray tomography

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 172-182

  Watson, Heather C ^a   Roberts, Jeffery J ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; Electrical conductivity; Permeability; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CORE FORMATION; CORE LIQUIDS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FLOW INDUCED; FLOW MECHANISMS; FLOWTHROUGH; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; MAGMA OCEAN; MELT VOLUME; METALLIC CORES; METALLIC LIQUID; METALLIC MELTS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PERMEABILITY; SECONDARY MECHANISMS; SILICATE MATRIX; THREE DIMENSIONS; TIME SPAN; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; WIDE SPREADS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

MELTING; PERCOLATION (COMPUTER STORAGE); PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SILICATES; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CONNECTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MATRIX; MINERAL SYNTHESIS; P-T CONDITIONS; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; PLANETESIMAL; SILICA MINERAL; SILICATE MELT; THRESHOLD; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79957790277     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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