Constraints on core chemistry from the pressure dependence of the bulk modulus

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 49-59

  Williams, Q ^a   Knittle, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MODULUS; CORE; PRESSURE DEPENDENT; SILICATE;

EID: 0030733563     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03231-1     Document Type: Article

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