Electrical conductivity of enstatite as a function of water content: Implications for the electrical structure in the upper mantle

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 357-358, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-20

  Zhang, Baohua ^a,b   Yoshino, Takashi ^a   Wu, Xiaoping ^b   Matsuzaki, Takuya ^a   Shan, Shuangming ^a,c   Katsura, Tomoo ^a,d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Orthopyroxene; Upper mantle; Water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENTHALPIES; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; CA-FREE; CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; EASTERN PACIFIC; EFFECT OF WATER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY RANGES; GEOMETRICAL FACTORS; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HOPPING CONDUCTION; HYDROUS OLIVINES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LOW WATER; MULTI-ANVIL APPARATUS; ORTHOPYROXENE; PREEXPONENTIAL FACTOR; PROTON CONDUCTION; SMALL POLARONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; UPPER MANTLE; WEIGHT PERCENT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN; OLIVINE; PROTONS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATER;

WATER CONTENT;

ASTHENOSPHERE; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENSTATITE; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN; LOW TEMPERATURE; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84867593494     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.09.020     Document Type: Article

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