Electrical conductivity of brine-bearing quartzite at 1 GPa: Implications for fluid content and salinity of the crust

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brine; Electrical conductivity; Fluid; High conductivity anomaly

Indexed keywords

BRINE; CRUST; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; QUARTZITE; SALINITY;

EID: 84900436423     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-2     Document Type: Article

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