Lattice thermal conductivity of lower mantle minerals and heat flux from Earth's core

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 17901-17904

  Manthilake, Geeth M ^a   De Koker, Nico ^a   Frost, Dan J ^a   McCammon, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; D ; High pressure

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; IRON; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; MINERAL; PEROVSKITE;

ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; HEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 81055145466     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110594108     Document Type: Article

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