Effect of composition, structure, and spin state on the thermal conductivity of the Earth's lower mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 148-153

  Goncharov, A F ^a   Struzhkin, V V ^a   Montoya, J A ^a   Kharlamova, S ^a   Kundargi, R ^a   Siebert, J ^b,c   Badro, J ^b,c   Antonangeli, D ^b,c   Ryerson, F J ^c   Mao, W ^d,e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond anvil cell; Electronic spin transition; High pressure; Iron bearing Earth's minerals; Lower mantle; Optical properties; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; ELECTRONIC SPINS; FERRIC IRON; FERROPERICLASE; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON OXIDATION STATE; LOWER MANTLE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; NEAR INFRARED; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PAIRING TRANSITIONS; PHONON THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; POST-PEROVSKITE; PULSED LASER HEATING; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SILICATE PEROVSKITE; SPIN STATE; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; LASER HEATING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; SILICATES; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; TOOLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ABSORPTION; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; LOWER MANTLE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77953229698     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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