A high-pressure X-ray diffraction study of iron nitrides: Implications for Earth's core

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Adler, Jennifer F ^a   Williams, Quentin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); IRON; NITROGEN COMPOUND;

EID: 17044428565     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003103     Document Type: Article

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