Electrical conductivity of hydrous basaltic melts: Implications for partial melting in the upper mantle

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 637-650

  Ni, Huaiwei ^a   Keppler, Hans ^a   Behrens, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basaltic melt; Electrical conductivity; Hydrous melt; Partial melting

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; BASALT; CARBONATITE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MELT; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 80052037039     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-011-0617-4     Document Type: Article

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