Chemical interaction of Fe and Al2O3 as a source of heterogeneity at the Earth's core-mantle boundary

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6846, 2001, Pages 527-529

  Dubrovinsky, L ^a   Annersten, H ^a   Dubrovinskaia, N ^a   Westman, F ^a   Harryson, H ^a   Fabrichnaya, O ^b   Carlson, S ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IRON OXIDES; SEISMOLOGY;

EARTH CORE; EARTH MANTLE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIAMOND; IRON OXIDE; METAL OXIDE;

ALUMINUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HETEROGENEITY; IRON;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; HEATING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035797394     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35087559     Document Type: Article

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