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VOL. 86, NO. B2, PAGES 931-936, FEBRUARY
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ElectricalPropertiesof Granite With Implications for the Lower Crust GARY
R. OLHOEFT
Petrophysics and RemoteSensing,U.S. GeologicalSurvey,Denver,Colorado80225
The electricalpropertiesof granite appearto be dominantlycontrolledby the amount of free water in the graniteand by temperature.Minor contributionsto the electricalpropertiesare providedby hydrostaticand lithostaticpressure,structurallyboundwater,oxygenfugacity,and otherparameters.The effectof sulfurfugacitymay be importantbut is experimentally unconfirmed. In additionto changingthe magnitudeof electricalproperties,the amountand chemistryof water in granitesignificantlychangesthe temperaturedependenceof the electricalproperties.With increasingtemperature,changesin water content retain large, but lessened,effectson electricalproperties.Near room temperature,a monolayer of water will decreasethe electricalresistivityby an order of magnitude.Severalweight-percentwater may decreasethe electricalresistivityby asmuch as9 ordersof magnitudeand decreasethe thermal activation energyby a factorof 5. At elevatedtemperatures just belowgraniticmelting,a few weight-percentwater may still decreasethe resistivityby as much as 3 ordersof magnitudeand the activationenergyby a factor of 2. Above the melting temperature(650ø to 1100øCdependingupon water pressure),a few weightpercentwater will decreasethe resistivityby lessthan an order of magnitudeand will barely changethe activationenergy.Remarkably,the few weight-percentwater mustbe presentas free water. Experiments with hydratedhornblendeschist(with structuralwater) indicatean electricalresistivityvery similar to that for dry granite.The implicationsof theseresults,togetherwith the findingsof deepmagneticsounding and magnetotelluricsurveys,suggestmuch more free water than is commonlyassociatedwith the lower crust and possiblyinto the upper mantle.
INTRODUCTION
Electricalpropertiesare extremelyusefulin the studyof the interior of the earth, from near-surfacesurveysto find oil and minerals [Keller and Frischknecht,1966; Ward, 1973, 1976; Olhoefi and Scott, 1980] through the deeper crustal sounding techniquesused to study large geothermalsystemsand the roots of volcanoesor earthquakezones[Stanleyet al., 1977; Hermance and Pedersen,1980]. Invariably, recoursemust be made to laboratory-basedpetrophysicalmodelsin order to interpret the field electricalparametersin termsof more geological interestsuchas a temperatureprofile, ore depositsize,or depth of basement [Brace, 1971; Hermance, 1973; Olhoefi, 1976, 1980a].Unfortunately, althoughelectricalpropertiesare extremely useful in being highly sensitiveto subtle changes within the earth, they are also complicatedto interpret due to the great number of parameterswhich can influence equal changes.These attributeshave resultedin repeatedcalls for more laboratory experimentsto determine the factors that control variations in electrical properties[Ward, 1977; International Union of Geodesyand Geophysics (IUGG), 1979]. One of the key questionsconcernsthe distribution of a highly conductive material in an insulating material. Examplesare water in granite,clay in sandstone,dendritichematite or graphitein schist,disseminatedsulfidesin porphyritic granite, and melt in a partially molten silicate.Severalreviews have recently discussedthe various predictive and empirical models of such situations [Duhkin, 1971; Madden, 1976; Shankland and Waft, 1977; Garland and Tanner, 1978; Hermance, 1979;Olhoefi, 1980a].Also important are the chemical interactionsbetweenthe water and rock material at pore surfaces[Olhoefi, 1977, 1979a, 1980a;Drury and Hyndrnan,1979; Ucok, 1979]. Many electrical properties are strongly frequencydependentand sometimesdependentupon the amplitude of stimulus[Olhoefi, 1979b;Olhoefiand Scott, 1980],but This paperis not subjectto U.S. copyright.Publishedin 1981 by the American GeophysicalUnion. Paper number 80B1096.
theseand relatedfactorswill be neglectedin the following discussion.This paperwill focuson the effectsof environmental
parametersuponthe directcurrent(dc) electricalresistivity. VOLATILES
Mcintosh [1966] and Olhoefi [1975] have reviewedmuch of the relevant literature on the adsorptionof gasesinto materials and the resultant effectson electrical properties. Essentially, only substancesthat are both highly polar as gasesand liquids and are alsoelectricallyconductiveas liquidsbecome candidates for altering electrical properties by their introductioninto an insulatingmaterial through surfaceadsorption or volume addition. Carbon dioxide (a polar gas but insulatingliquid), nitrogen(nonpolargasand insulatingliquid), and related
substances have little
or no effect on electrical
properties.Water and several sulfur compoundsare both highly polar gasesand conductiveliquidswith very strongeffects on electrical properties;both also exist in the earth in substantialquantities[Burnham,1975;Fyfe et al., 1978; Gerlach and Nordlie, 1975a, b, c; Mysen and Boettcher, 1975; Mysen and Popp, 1980]. Olhoeft[1975] has shownthat water vapor adsorbedinto the pore structureof a low surfacearea,
insulating materiallike basaltShas no effecton electricalproperties until a sufficientamount is adsorbedto produce a connectedpath through the pore system(about 20% of a mono-
layer or about 0.002 wt % water in basalt).More than a full monolayer is required before dielectric properties begin to change,by which time the dc resistivityhasdroppedby an order of magnitude [Olhoeft, 1975, 1980a].A few weight percent more water decreasesthe resistivityby as many as 9 ordersof magnitude. Olhoefi et al. [1973, 1974] have shown that outgassingsulfur can drasticallyalter the electricalpropertiesof lunar samples,but experimental work is lacking to confirm the sulfur-related changesin electrical properties, although suchchangesare expectedfrom the highly similar and corrosive chemistriesof water and sulfur [Hauffe, 1965; Fontana and Greene, 1978; Foroulis, 1970; Turkdogan, 1980].
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of magnitude change in fO• to produce abouta halforderof electrical properties of graniteasa functionof temperature, magnitudechangein electricalresistivity.Even in the finest grained,mosthomogeneous granitespecimen, naturalstatistical variationsin electricalresistivitywouldproducea factorof 3 changeovera few centimeters displacement within the specimen. At lower temperaturesthan thoseshownin Figure 1, the effectsof oxygenfugacity are even less[Kofstad,1972], and in full silicatemeltsthereappearsto be little or no fO: dependence[Waft and Weill, 1975].Thus the oxygenfugacity may be safelyneglectedas an explanationfor major changes in electricalresistivitywithin the earth. Largechangesin f O: TEMPERATURE I
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a vacuumd• rock (asa• ncs•sibE on the scaEof Figure 2; c•stal pressures, the change• porosityducto •thostaticload scc Olhoefi [1975]). Above the critical temperature,the rcs•w• result • about an order of mas•tudc change• rcs•tivtivit7 is stronglyboth temperatureand pressuredependent. it7. Comparedto the 13 ordersof magnitudeof changeducto Figure 5 showsthat the criticalpo•t of NaC1 aqueoussolutemperature variationribplayed• Figure2, theeffectsof •th- tion is stronsl7 dependentupon salt concentrationabove 0. l ostaticload on resistivityarc asa• negligible.Pressureand molar. Below 0. l molar, the critical properties arc in-
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Fig. 8. Log electricalresistivityversusreciprocaltemperaturefor Westerly Granite and ho•blende schistusing expe•mental procedures as descdbedin Olhoefi [1979a, b, 1980b]. Note that the two cu•es are ve• similar eventhoughthe ho•blende has •iderably more st•ctural water than the gra•te (both measuredafter volatile
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salt of Duba [1976]). Resultsare very similar for basalt,sandstone, and other silicates[Ucok, 1979; Olhoeft, 1980a]. In the lower crust, most rocks will be wet with very low porosities, but the amount of water is subjectto some dispute.There is general agreementthat near melting, most crustal rocks are near water saturation. At lower temperatures,however, there may be extensivewater-deficientregions[Robertsonand Wyllie, 1971].Fyfe et al. [1978]have discussed the problemof water content in somedetail. It is important to note for electrical properties,that in additionto the distinctionbetweensurfaceconductingadsorbedwater and volume-conductingpore water, it is free water and not bound water that is significant. Figure 8 illustratesthe temperaturedependenceof the electrical resistivityof vacuum dry Westerly Granite as in Figure
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firmed that the pressuredependenceof electrical resistivity also moves to higher temperaturesalong with the critical point parametersas brine concentrationincreases.Thus the electrical resistivityof a severalmolar solution will be independentof pressureto over 600øC. At that point, the water pressuremay havereducedthe meltingpoint of a silicatesuch as granite or basaltto below 700øC [Brown,1970],resultingin pressure-independent electricalresistivityuntil melting. Figure 6 illustratesthe dependenceof electricalresistivity upon weight-percentwater in granite at and above melting temperatures.The curve is in excellent agreementwith the measurementsof Shaw [1974] on the diffusivity of water in granitic liquids. Note that 0.3 weight-percentwater added to dry granite decreasesthe electricalresistivityby an order of magnitude,and a few weight percentmore water may further decreasethe resistivityby 2 or 3 additional ordersof magnitude. Pressureplays a secondaryrole here as it affects the amount of water that may be dissolvedin granitic melt.
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sured by equipment and techniques described in Olhoeft [1979a, 1980b] while simultaneouslymonitoring the volatile outgassingwith a quadrupolemassspectrometer(Figure 9). The hornblendeschistis amphibolespecimen24 lB [Hunt and Salisbury,1976]composedof 85% hornblendeand 15%oligoclasefeldspar. Figures 10 and 11 showonly the water and carbon dioxide outgassingfor the granite and schist.In Figure 10, the schistis outgassingphysically adsorbed water up to 250øC. Near 650øC, the more strongly bound chemisorbedwater is being released.At 1000øC,the hornblendedecomposed,yielding all of its structurallybound water (the outgassingwas so strong and abrupt as to nearly overpowerthe vacuum pumpsand to saturate the massspectrometer).In the granite outgassingin Figure 11 (samescaleas Figure 10), no such!.•rgeamountsof water appear. The strongestoutgassingoccurredas the granite melted
near 1100øC.
The electricalresistivitymeasurementswere performedat a given temperature after thermal equilibrium had been reached and after all volatiles were outgassedat that temperature. Despite the large amount of structural water in the hornblende below 1000øC, the granite and hornblende have very similar dc electrical resistivities versus temperature. However, the dielectric relaxations in the hornblende were far
DISCUSSION
more pronouncedthan in the granite. Also, the granite was
Figure 7 summarizesthe electrical resistivityfor wet and dry granite versustemperature.The dashedcurve showsthe wet granite for 0.1 or less molar NaC1 saturatingsolutions where pressure-dependent electrical propertiesof water are important. Above 0.1 molar NaC1 concentrations,the solid line labeled'wet' is independentof pressureuntil higher than 700øC where pressureeffects water solubility and granitic meltingtemperatures.The 'dry' curve is representativeof totally vacuum dry granite. A few monolayersof adsorbedwater will displacethe dry curve to lower resistivitieswithout substantialchangein the temperaturedependence.As volume effectsof water-filled pore structuresbegin to dominate over the surfaceeffectsof adsorbedwater, then the temperaturedependenceof the electricalresistivitywill beginto be more like the wet granite.The olivine diffusionstudiesof Misener[1974] and the electrical measurementsof Duba et al. [1974] and related studies on other ceramics have demonstrated
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dry granite electrical propertiesare also relatively independent of pressure(with 1300 MPa requiredto producean order of magnitude change in resistivity). Betweenthe dry and wet curves,the electricalpropertiesare controlled by the amount of water in the granite (neglecting time dependenteffectsdue to somedisequilibriumas the ba-
Fig. 10. Three-dimensionalplot of hornblendeschistoutgassing with only H20 and CO2 shownfor greaterclarity. The first H:O peak near 250øC is physicallyadsorbedwater being driven off. The H:O peak near 650øCis the moretightly boundsurfacechemisorbed water being released.The massiveH:O peak at 1000øCis the hornblende decomposing(the peak amplitudeis clippeddue to massspectrometer overload).
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entirely linear in electricalpropertiesover the entire temperature range,whereasthe hornblendeschistabove 700øC had a very distinctlynonlinearcomplexresistivitythat was characteristic of an unknown oxidation-reductionreaction [seeOlhoefi, 1979b;Olhoefi and Scott, 1980].
have shown that appreciableamountsof sulfur are likely in the upper mantle, and the estimatedamountsmay approach thosefor water [Fyfe et al., 1978]. In concert with the deep electromagnetic soundings of Stanleyet al. [1977], Hermanceand Pealersen[1980], and others,theseresultssuggesta requirementfor water saturationof SUMMARY a few weight percent in the deep crust, or much higher temAt 1000øC, in order to produce a 1 order of magnitude peraturesthan are commonly supportedby heat flow meachangein electricalresistivityof a dry granite, the oxygen surements,or massivevolumesof good conductingmaterials fugacity must be changedby more than 6 ordersof magni- (suchas graphite),or anothermechanismof as yet undetertude, or the dry hydrostaticpressureby 1300MPa, or the tem- mined origin, possiblyrelated to sulfur chemistry.These imperature by 55øC, or the water contentby 0.3 wt %. 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