Core/mantle-like interactions in an electric field

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 316-329

  Kavner, A ^a,b   Walker, D ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

core mantle boundary; electrochemistry; piston cylinder techniques

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; REDOX REACTIONS;

CORE/MANTLE BOUNDARY; PISTON-CYLINDER TECHNIQUES;

EARTH (PLANET);

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GEOELECTRIC FIELD;

EID: 33746499775     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.05.033     Document Type: Article

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