Very low sound velocities in iron-rich (Mg,Fe)O: Implications for the core-mantle boundary region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Wicks, J K ^a   Jackson, J M ^a   Sturhahn, W ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; X RAY SCATTERING;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DYNAMIC STABILITY; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH PRESSURE; IN-SITU; RESONANT INELASTIC X-RAY SCATTERING; SOUND VELOCITIES; ULTRALOW VELOCITY ZONE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DILUTION; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDE; SOUND VELOCITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 77955493437     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043689     Document Type: Article

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