The high conductivity of iron and thermal evolution of the Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 224, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-103

  Gomi, Hitoshi ^a   Ohta, Kenji ^a,g   Hirose, Kei ^a,b   Labrosse, Stéphane ^c,d   Caracas, Razvan ^c   Verstraete, Matthieu J ^e   Hernlund, John W ^a,f  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core; Electrical resistivity; High pressure; Thermal conductivity; Thermal evolution

Indexed keywords

CORE; CORE COOLING; ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH PRESSURE; LOWERMOST MANTLE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRON; SILICON ALLOYS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EARTH; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HEAT FLOW; HIGH PRESSURE; INNER CORE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84886250789     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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