Prediction of silicate melt viscosity from electrical conductivity: A model and its geophysical implications

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1685-1692

  Pommier, Anne ^a   Evans, Rob L ^b   Key, Kerry ^c   Tyburczy, James A ^a   Mackwell, Stephen ^d   Elsenbeck, Jimmy ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

electrical conductivity; magma mixing; magnetotellurics; silicate melts; viscosity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETOTELLURICS; RHEOLOGY; SILICATES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MAGMA MIXING; PARTIALLY MOLTEN ROCKS; RHEOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; SILICATE MELTS; TIME-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS;

VISCOSITY;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MAGMA; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MIXING; MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SILICATE MELT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84880721143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20103     Document Type: Article

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