Carbonatite Melts and Electrical Conductivity in the Asthenosphere
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Carbonatite melts and electrical conductivity in the asthenosphere.
Electrically conductive regions in Earth's mantle have been interpreted to reflect the presence of either silicate melt or water dissolved in olivine. On the basis of laboratory measurements, we show that molten carbonates have electrical conductivities that are three orders of magnitude higher than those of molten silicate and five orders of magnitude higher than those of hydrated olivine. Hig...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164446