Radiative conductivity in the Earth's lower mantle

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7219, 2008, Pages 231-234

  Goncharov, Alexander F ^a   Haugen, Benjamin D ^a,b   Struzhkin, Viktor V ^a   Beck, Pierre ^a   Jacobsen, Steven D ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; PEROVSKITE; SILICATE;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; IRON; MANTLE PLUME; OXIDATION; PEROVSKITE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SILICATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 56249094507     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07412     Document Type: Article

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