Composition and temperature of Earth's inner core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 24729-24739

  Stixrude, Lars ^a,c   Wasserman, Evgeny ^a,d   Cohen, Ronald E ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INNER CORE; IRON; P/T CONDITIONS;

EID: 0031408614     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02125     Document Type: Article

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