A laboratory model for solidification of Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 150-164

  Bergman, Michael I ^a   Macleod Silberstein, Marget ^a   Haskel, Michael ^a   Chandler, Benjamin ^a   Akpan, Nsikan ^a  

^a Simon's Rock College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Earth's core; Rotating convection; Solidification

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; ICE; NUSSELT NUMBER; SOLIDIFICATION; TECTONICS; THERMISTORS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CORE SOLIDIFICATION; ICE CRYSTALS; POST SOLIDIFICATION DEFORMATION; ROTATING CONVECTION;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE (PLANETARY); SOLIDIFICATION;

EID: 28444479092     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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