Ab-initio high-pressure alloying of iron and potassium: Implications for the Earth's core

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Lee, Kanani K M ^a   Steinle Neumann, Gerd ^b   Jeanloz, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON ALLOYS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; RADIOACTIVITY;

MANTLE DYNAMICS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ALLOY; CORE (PLANETARY); GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMO; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; POTASSIUM; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

EID: 4143079306     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019839     Document Type: Article

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