Melt distribution in olivine rocks based on electrical conductivity measurements

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作者
ten Grotenhuis, SM [1 ]
Drury, MR [1 ]
Spiers, CJ [1 ]
Peach, CJ [1 ]
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[1] Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, NL-3508 TA Utrecht, Netherlands
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10.1029/2004JB003462
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P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
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0708 ; 070902 ;
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[1] Properties of partially molten rocks depend strongly on the grain-scale melt distribution. Experimental samples show a variety of microstructures, such as melt lenses, layers, and multigrain melt pools, which are not readily explained using the theory for melt distribution based on isotropic interface energies. These microstructures affect the melt distribution and the porosity-permeability relation. It is still unclear how the melt distribution changes with increasing melt fraction. In this study, electrical conductivity measurements and microstructural investigation with scanning electron microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction are combined to analyze the melt distribution in synthetic, partially molten, iron-free olivine rocks with 0.01 - 0.1 melt fraction. The electrical conductivity data are compared with the predictions of geometric models for melt distribution. Both the conductivity data and the microstructural data indicate that there is a gradual change in the melt distribution with melt fraction (X-m) between 0.01 and 0.1. At a melt fraction of 0.01, the melt is situated in a network of triple junction tubes, and almost all grain boundaries are free from melt layers. At 0.1, the melt is situated in a network of grain boundary melt layers, as well as occupying the triple junctions. Between melt fractions 0.01 and 0.1, the number of grain boundary melt layers increases gradually. The electrical conductivity of the partially molten samples is best described by Archie's law (sigma(sample)/sigma(melt) = CXmn) with parameters C = 1.47 and n = 1.30.
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