Grain structure of the Earth's inner core

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 513-516

  Venet, Lucile ^a   Duffar, Thierry ^a   Deguen, Renaud ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Earth's core; Grain coarsening; Grain structure; Single crystal

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; EARTH STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; INNER CORE; IRON;

EID: 68749119326     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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