Velocity and Absorption Coefficient of Ultrasonic Waves for Silicate Melts

Viscosity models for silicate melts

Rheology of silicates (melts or super cooled as glasses) is one of the most important fields to mankind, as geological activity largely influences life. In this paper, unifying empirical models for the Non-Newtonian shear viscosity and the extensional viscosity are proposed. The models have only one parameter, the zero shear viscosity (the Newtonian plateau), and are valid for a vide range of c...

Elastic properties of silicate melts: Implications for low velocity zones at the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary

Low seismic velocity regions in the mantle and crust are commonly attributed to the presence of silicate melts. Determining melt volume and geometric distribution is fundamental to understanding planetary dynamics. We present a new model for seismic velocity reductions that accounts for the anomalous compressibility of silicate melt, rendering compressional wave velocities more sensitive to mel...

Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Silicate Melts and Magma

This chapter was originally published in the book The Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. The copy attached is provided by Elsevier for the author's benefit and for the benefit of the author's institution, for non-commercial research, and educational use. This includes without limitation use in instruction at your institution, distribution to specific colleagues, and providing a copy to your institution...

Diffusion of H, C, and O Components in Silicate Melts

The Structure of Silicate Glasses and Melts: Some Basics

Silicate glasses and melts have been of interest to mineralogists, geochemists and igneous petrologists for many decades. Silicate melts are essential components of igneous processes, participating actively in Earth differentiation, heat transfer and global geodynamics, and geochemical cycles. Melt viscosity can decrease some 20 orders of magnitude below that of corresponding solids, and timesc...