The stratified layer at the core-mantle boundary caused by barodiffusion of oxygen, sulphur and silicon

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 215, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-28

  Gubbins, D ^a,b,c   Davies, C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barodiffusion; Earth's core; Stratified layer

Indexed keywords

BARODIFFUSION; COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS; CORE COOLING; CORE FORMATION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION CONSTANT; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION PARAMETERS; EARTH'S CORE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GEOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; LIGHT ELEMENTS; LOWER BOUNDARY; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; RADIAL MOTION; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; STABLE LAYER; STRATIFIED LAYERS; THIN LAYERS;

GEOMAGNETISM; OXYGEN; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SILICON; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; OUTER CORE; OXYGEN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SILICON; SULFUR;

EID: 84871791889     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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