Experimental evidence that potassium is a substantial radioactive heat source in planetary cores

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6936, 2003, Pages 163-165

  Murthy, V Rama ^a,b   Van Westrenen, Wim ^b,c   Fei, Yingwei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GEOMAGNETISM; HEAT FLUX; IRON ALLOYS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EARTH CORE;

POTASSIUM;

IRON; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

CORE (PLANETARY); EARTH; HEAT SOURCE; IRON SULFIDE; MARS; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037991541     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01560     Document Type: Article

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