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标题：Thermoelectric characteristics of semiconductor minerals in earth’s deep crust and their seismogenic significance
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作者：Shuhao Wang ; Junfeng Shen ; M. Santosh 等
期刊名称：Geoscience Frontiers
印刷版ISSN：1674-9871
出版年度：2022
卷号：13
期号：2
页码：1-6
DOI：10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101337
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedHighlights•Natural minerals such as graphite, ferrosilicon alloy and magnetite exhibit seebeck effect.•Under thermal gradient, electric field intensity is superimposed.•Seebeck effect as the cause of geoelectric anomalies during earthquake.AbstractGeo-electric anomalies are generated during the process of stress accumulation and release associated with earthquakes. However, the mechanism of these anomalies remains equivocal. Based on the analysis of thermoelectric characteristics of semiconductor minerals of the earth’s deep crust such as graphite, ferrosilicon alloy, magnetite etc., we perform finite element analysis to evaluate the principles governing the thermoelectric power generated by minerals and rocks. The results show that graphite, ferrosilicon alloy and magnetite all exhibit Seebeck effect and can be superimposed. And the thermo-electric field can be enhanced with the activation temperature increases, the content of thermoelectric minerals increases, the size of aggregates increases, and the spacing of thermoelectric minerals grains decreases. Seismogenic processes would generate a similar thermal gradient. The natural semiconductor minerals in this thermal field show a thermoelectric effect, forming a thermoelectric field that interferes with the background electric field. This study indicates that thermoelectric effect may have an important influence on the formation of geoelectric field.
关键词：KeywordsenNatural semiconductor mineralsSeebeck effectsGeoelectric anomaliesEarthquakesDeep crust