Interdiffusion of Earth's core materials to 65GPa and 2200K

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Reaman, Daniel M ^a   Colijn, Hendrik O ^b   Yang, Fengyuan ^a   Hauser, Adam J ^a   Panero, Wendy R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond anvil cell; Diffusion; FeNi alloys; High pressure; High temperature; Inner core

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL; FENI ALLOYS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INNER CORE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COREMAKING; DIFFUSION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; TOOLS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ALLOYS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALLOY; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; EARTH; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INNER CORE; IRON; NICKEL; STRESS;

EID: 84864414974     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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