Prediction of Silicate Melt Viscosity From Electrical Conductivity: A Model and Its Geophysical Implications
Description
Our knowledge of magma dynamics would be improved if geophysical data could be used to infer rheological constraints in melt-bearing zones. Geophysical images of the Earth's interior provide frozen snapshots of a dynamical system. However, knowledge of a rheological parameter such as viscosity would constrain the time-dependent dynamics of melt bearing zones. We propose a model that relates melt viscosity to electrical conductivity for naturally occurring melt compositions (including H2O) and temperature. Based on laboratory measurements of melt conductivity and viscosity, our model provides a rheological dimension to the interpretation of electromagnetic anomalies caused by melt and partially molten rocks (melt fraction ~ >0.7).
Date Created
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2013-06-12
Agent
- Author (aut): Pommier, Anne
- Author (aut): Evans, Rob L.
- Author (aut): Key, Kerry
- Author (aut): Tyburczy, James
- Author (aut): Mackwell, Stephen
- Author (aut): Elsenbeck, Jimmy
- Contributor (ctb): College of Liberal Arts and Sciences