Electrical conductivity of fluid-bearing quartzite under lower crustal conditions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 198-199, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Shimojuku, Akira ^a   Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Okudaira, Takamoto ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crust; Electrical conductivity; Fluid; Quartz

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENTHALPIES; AQUEOUS FLUIDS; ARRHENIUS EQUATION; CRUST; CRUSTAL LEVELS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID FRACTION; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; INTERCONNECTED NETWORK; IONIC SPECIES; QUARTZ AGGREGATES; SILICA PHASIS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUIDS; QUARTZ; SODIUM;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

ANOMALY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENTHALPY; LOWER CRUST; POWER LAW; QUARTZ; QUARTZITE;

EID: 84860509802     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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