Grain boundary mobility of carbon in Earth's mantle: A possible carbon flux from the core

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 8537-8541

  Hayden, Leslie A ^a,b   Watson, E Bruce ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Olivine

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHITE; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NICKEL; OLIVINE; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 47249162823     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710806105     Document Type: Article

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