High-pressure alloying of potassium and iron: Radioactivity in the Earth's core?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Lee, Kanani K M ^a   Jeanloz, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOYING; CHEMICAL BONDS; GEOLOGY; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; IRON; POTASSIUM; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOACTIVITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ALKALINITY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH PRESSURE ALLOYING; HIGH RESOLUTION X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKED; HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE; MANTLE DYNAMICS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SOURCE OF ENERGY;

GEOPHYSICS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CORE (PLANETARY); HEAT SOURCE; IRON; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 1542755885     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018515     Document Type: Article

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