Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978pepi...17p..16d&link_type=abstract
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 17, Issue 2, p. P16-P20.
Physics
Scientific paper
Modelled conductivity variations with depth in the upper mantle obtained from geomagnetic induction and magnetotelluric results are compared to predicted conductivity variations obtained from laboratory measurements on dry material assumed to occur in the mantle. Higher than predicted conductivities at the base of the oceanic lithosphere suggest the presence of highly conductive partial melt. Using a known relationship between observed conductivity and the conductivity and volume fraction of the fluid, estimates of the melt volume fraction have been made assuming the melt to be in continuously connected network. In the sub-oceanic asthenosphere these values range from approximately 0.45 to 9%, whereas in sub-continental asthenosphere the partial melt volume fraction appears to be too low to increase the bulk conductivity. The partial melt content of the sub-continental asthenosphere may reach a few percent if the melt exists in isolated pockets. The apparent difference in melt content in sub-oceanic and sub-continental asthenosphere is discussed in terms of the different velocities of Pacific-type plates (which carry no continental block) and Atlantic-type plates (which carry a continental block).
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