Effect of light elements on the sound velocities in solid iron: Implications for the composition of Earth's core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Badro, James ^a,b   Fiquet, Guillaume ^a,b   Guyot, François ^a,b   Gregoryanz, Eugene ^a,b   Occelli, Florent ^c   Antonangeli, Daniele ^c   d'Astuto, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth's core; experimental petrology; high pressure; light elements; seismic wave velocities; solubility

Indexed keywords

EARTH CORE; LIGHT ELEMENTS; RADIAL SEISMIC MODELS;

COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ALLOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; SEISMOLOGY; X RAY SCATTERING;

GEOLOGY;

ALLOY; CORE (PLANETARY); GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; IRON; LIGHT SCATTERING; SOUND VELOCITY;

EID: 33846306416     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.025     Document Type: Article

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