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Reduction of Mantle and Core Properties to a Standard State by Adiabatic Decompression

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Chemistry and Physics of Terrestrial Planets

Part of the book series: Advances in Physical Geochemistry ((PHYSICAL GEOCHE,volume 6))

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The interpretation of geophysical data provides the only direct information about the constitution and thermal state of the Earth’s interior. The most detailed results on the internal structure consist of seismological determinations of the average density and elastic moduli as functions of depth. The interpretation of this internal structure is difficult, however, because no direct way is known for inferring mineral structures and compositions uniquely from the geophysical observations. Instead, experimentally measured densities and elastic moduli of minerals are compared with the seismological data in order to characterize the state of the interior.

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    Surendra K. Saxena

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Jeanloz, R., Knittle, E. (1986). Reduction of Mantle and Core Properties to a Standard State by Adiabatic Decompression. In: Saxena, S.K. (eds) Chemistry and Physics of Terrestrial Planets. Advances in Physical Geochemistry, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4928-3_8

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