Electronic spin transition of iron in the Earth's deep mantle

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Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Jung Fu ^a   Jacobsen, Steven D ^b   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^c  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; LOWER MANTLE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 33846859743     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO020001     Document Type: Article

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