High pressure viscosity of an Fe-S liquid: Experimentally derived estimate of the viscosity of earth’s outer core

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 101, Issue , 1997, Pages 495-505

  Secco, A ^a   LeBlanc, G E ^a,b   Yang, H ^a   Seibel, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0012508187     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM101p0495     Document Type: Chapter

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