Prediction of Silicate Melt Viscosity from Electrical Conductivity: A Model and its Geophysical Implications

Anne Pommier1, Rob L. Evans2, Kerry Key3, James A. Tyburczy1, Stephen Mackwell4 and Jimmy Elsenbeck2
1School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
2Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
3Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA
4Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, USA

The auxiliary material of this paper aims to provide the reader with the calculation of optical basicity of melts.