Elastic anisotropy in textured hcp-iron to 112 GPa from sound wave propagation measurements

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 243-251

  Antonangeli, Daniele ^a   Occelli, Florent ^a   Requardt, Herwig ^a   Badro, James ^b   Fiquet, Guillaume ^b   Krisch, Michael ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Earth's inner core; Elastic anisotropy; Hcp iron; High pressure; Inelastic x ray scattering; Sound velocities

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; INNER CORE; IRON; SOUND PROPAGATION;

EID: 4344585583     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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