Thermal and electrical conductivity of iron at Earth's core conditions

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7398, 2012, Pages 355-358

  Pozzo, Monica ^a   Davies, Chris ^b   Gubbins, David ^b,c   Alfè, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; OXYGEN; SILICON; SULFUR;

BUOYANCY; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEODYNAMICS; HEAT FLOW; IRON; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMOLOGY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GEOLOGY; HEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84861070606     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11031     Document Type: Article

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