Laboratory studies of olivine

Olivine has very

low conductivity below the subsolidus

s = 102.402e-1.60/kT

+ 109.170e-4.25/kT

Constable, Shankland & Duba, 1992. The electrical conductivity of an isotropic olivine mantle.

J. Geophys. Res., v. 97, 3397-3404.

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version