Anisotropic thermal conductivity of Pleistocene turbidite sediments of the northern Juan de Fuca Ridge

Abstract

Records that conductivity in the horizontal direction averages 25% higher than that in the vertical direction. The anisotropy of the lithifield sediment arises from the preferential alignment of flat mineral grains. The direction and inferred source of the thermal anisotropy are consistent with observations of other physical properties that are anisotropic, such as compressional and shear wave velocities and electrical capacitance. -Authors