Liquidus and solidus temperatures of a Fe-O-S alloy up to the pressures of the outer core: Implication for the thermal structure of the Earth's core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Terasaki, H ^a   Kamada, S ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Ohtani, E ^a   Hirao, N ^b   Ohishi, Y ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core; Fe alloy; High pressure; Melting temperature; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

CORE; FE-ALLOY; HIGH PRESSURE; MELTING TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ALLOYING; ALLOYS; EUTECTICS; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; IRON OXIDES; MELTING POINT; METAL MELTING; OXYGEN; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IRON ALLOYS;

ALLOY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; EARTH STRUCTURE; HIGH PRESSURE; IRON; MELTING; OUTER CORE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 79953035856     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.041     Document Type: Article

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