Effect of temperature, pressure and iron content on the electrical conductivity of olivine and its high-pressure polymorphs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Shimojuku, Akira ^a   Shan, Shuanming ^a   Guo, Xinzhuan ^a   Yamazaki, Daisuke ^a   Ito, Eiji ^a   Higo, Yuji ^b   Funakoshi, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ADIABATIC PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FUGACITY; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; MOLYBDENUM; OLIVINE; P-T CONDITIONS; POLYMORPHISM; PRESSURE EFFECT; RINGWOODITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84865520532     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008774     Document Type: Article

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