摘要
Whenoneendofanair-dryigneousrockblockwasuniaxiallyloadedinlaboratory,thereappearedanelectromotiveforcethatmadeelectriccurrentsflowfromthestressedvolumetotheunstressedvolume.Quartz-freerockssuchasgabbroalsogeneratedthisforce,strongerthanquartz-bearingrockssuchasgranite.Thisindicatesthatthepiezoelectriceffectofquartzandtheelectrokineticeffectofporewaterdonotmakealargecontributiontowardgeneratingtheelectromotiveforce.Wefocusonperoxybondthatisoneoftheabundantlatticedefectsinigneousrock-formingminerals.Whenmechanicalloadingdeformsthelatticestructurearoundthisdefectandbreaksitsbond,itsenergylevelschangeandactlikeanaccepter.AsanelectronistrappedatthisdefectfromaneighborO2-site,apositiveholeisactivatedthere.Theyattempttodiffusetowardtheunstressedvolumethroughthevalencebandandaresimultaneouslyaffectedbytheattractiveelectricforcewiththeelectronstrappedinperoxybonds.Thisleadstoapolarizationinthestressedvolumeandthegenerationofelectromotiveforcebetweenthestressedandunstressedvolumes.SimilarelectromotiveforcemaybegeneratedintheEarth’scrustwhereinhomogeneousstress/strainischanging.
出版日期
2011年06月16日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)