Carbon in the core: Its influence on the properties of core and mantle

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-250

  Wood, Bernard J ^a   Li, Jie ^b   Shahar, Anat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84880713786     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2013.75.8     Document Type: Article

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