How light element addition can lower core liquid wave speeds

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1065-1070

  Helffrich, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body waves; Composition of the core; Equations of state

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVES; CORE LIQUIDS; ENDMEMBERS; LIGHT ELEMENTS; LIQUID MIXTURE; METALLIC LIQUID; NONIDEALITY; SOUND SPEED; WAVE SPEED;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

BODY WAVE; BULK MODULUS; CORE (PLANETARY); EQUATION OF STATE; OUTER CORE; SOUND VELOCITY;

EID: 84857058595     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05295.x     Document Type: Article

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