Raman spectroscopy of iron to 152 gigapascals: Implications for earth's inner core

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5471, 2000, Pages 1626-1629

  Merkel, Sébastien ^a,b   Goncharov, Alexander F ^a   Mao, Ho Kwang ^a   Gillet, Philippe ^b   Hemley, Russell J ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

CORE (PLANETARY); INNER CORE; IRON; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034595616     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5471.1626     Document Type: Article

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