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Models of the Earth's Core
Abstract
Combined inferences from seismology, high-pressure experiment and theory, geomagnetism, fluid dynamics, and current views of terrestrial planetary evolution lead to models of the earth's core with the following properties. Core formation was contemporaneous with earth accretion; the core is not in chemical equilibrium with the mantle; the outer core is a fluid iron alloy containing significant quantities of lighter elements and is probably almost adiabatic and compositionally uniform; the more iron-rich inner solid core is a consequence of partial freezing of the outer core, and the energy release from this process sustains the earth's magnetic field; and the thermodynamic properties of the core are well constrained by the application of liquid-state theory to seismic and laboratory data.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stevenson, D. J.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Stevenson, D. J.
- ORCID
- Stevenson, D. J.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1981-11-06
- Volume
- 214
- Issue
- 4521
- Pages
- 611-619
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2074267811
- Cited by
- 500
- References
- 76
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- FWCI
- 18.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Astro and Planetary Science
- Keywords
- Earth's core, core formation, inner core solidification, geodynamo, geomagnetic field, liquid state theory, high-pressure experiments
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