Open AccessTHE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF ROCKS AT HIGH TEMPERATURES
Author(s) -
H. P. Coster
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1948.tb02935.x
Subject(s) - electrical resistivity and conductivity , conductivity , earth (classical element) , geology , mineralogy , geophysics , condensed matter physics , materials science , physics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Measurements of the electrical conductivity of rocks at high temperatures are described. It is shown that the conductivity increases with the temperature, T , approximately as exp (–∈/ KT ). The theoretical implications of this and the bearing on the conductivity within the Earth are discussed.