Experimental constraints on the thermodynamics and sound velocities of hcp-Fe to core pressures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1999-2016

  Murphy, Caitlin A ^a   Jackson, Jennifer M ^a   Sturhahn, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MODULUS; ENTROPY; IRON; OUTER CORE; PARTITIONING; SOUND VELOCITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOELASTICITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84894421312     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50166     Document Type: Article

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