The Earth's core composition from high pressure density measurements of liquid iron alloys

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-178

  Morard, G ^a   Siebert, J ^a   Andrault, D ^b   Guignot, N ^c   Garbarino, G ^d   Guyot, F ^a   Antonangeli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Density; Earth's core composition; High pressure; Liquid iron alloys

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S CORE; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE DENSITIES; HIGH-TEMPERATURE IN SITU; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND ANVIL CELLS; LIQUID IRON; X-RAY DIFFUSE SCATTERING;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); IRON; IRON ALLOYS; LIQUID METALS; NICKEL; SILICON; SULFUR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ALLOY; BULK MODULUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE (PLANETARY); DENSITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; SULFUR;

EID: 84879030417     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.040     Document Type: Article

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