Thermal and other physical properties of rocks and minerals are of considerable significance for deriving mineralogical and compositional models of the Earth's mantle. We have determined these properties for the mafic rock such as gabbro and ultramafic rock like harzburgite of the Oman ophiolite suite by utilizing the Debye characteristic property . forms the basis of our present investigation and allows us to evaluate their melting temperature Tm, thermal conductivity KL and diffusivity D. Their seismic velocities and the density data are used, a priori, to determine the Debye temperature of these rocks.

Thermal and other physical properties of rocks and minerals are of considerable significance for deriving mineralogical and compositional models of the Earth's mantle. We have determined these properties for the mafic rock such as gabbro and ultramafic rock like harzburgite of the Oman ophiolite sui...