Ab initio calculations of the elasticity of iron and iron alloys at inner core conditions: Evidence for a partially molten inner core?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 227-232

  Vočadlo, Lidunka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; Earth's inner core; elastic properties; iron; iron alloys

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL WAVE VELOCITY; INNER CORE;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR WAVES;

IRON ALLOYS;

ALLOY; ELASTICITY; INNER CORE; IRON; S-WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33846268416     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.09.046     Document Type: Article

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