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In situ electrical resistivity and bulk porosity of the oceanic crust Costa Rica Rift

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In situ electrical resistivity was measured in DSDP Hole 504B to a depth of 1,013 m into oceanic basement. Apparent resistivities are about 10 Ω m in about 600 m of pillow lavas, sharply increasing to nearly 1,000 Ω m in the underlying dykes. Bulk porosities calculated from resistivities show a distinct layering, apparently corresponding to geophysical layers 2A, 2B and 2C.

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  1. Deep Sea Drilling Project A-031, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

    Keir Becker

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 02542, USA

    R. P. Von Herzen & M. J. Mottl

  3. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5UB, UK

    T. J. G. Francis

  4. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA

    R. N. Anderson & R. L. Newmark

  5. Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 33149, USA

    J. Honnorez & J. C. Alt

  6. Department of Geology, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK

    A. C. Adamson

  7. Mineralogisch-Petrologisches Institut, University of Giessen, 63, Giessen, FRG

    R. Emmermann

  8. Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 75275, USA

    P. D. Kempton

  9. Faculty of Sciences, Chiba University, Yayoi-Cho, Chiba, Japan

    H. Kinoshita

  10. Laboratoire de Géologic, Université de l'Océan Indien, Réunion, France

    C. Laverne

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Becker, K., Von Herzen, R., Francis, T. et al. In situ electrical resistivity and bulk porosity of the oceanic crust Costa Rica Rift. Nature 300, 594–598 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/300594a0

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