Crystallization of silicon dioxide and compositional evolution of the Earth’s core

Kei Hirose (), Guillaume Morard, Ryosuke Sinmyo, Koichio Umemoto, John Hernlund, George Helffrich and Stéphane Labrosse
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Kei Hirose: Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Guillaume Morard: Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, UMR CNRS 7590, Sorbonne Universités—Université Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, IRD
Ryosuke Sinmyo: Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Koichio Umemoto: Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
John Hernlund: Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
George Helffrich: Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Stéphane Labrosse: Université de Lyon, École normale supérieure de Lyon, Université Lyon-1, CNRS, UMR 5276 LGL-TPE

Nature, 2017, vol. 543, issue 7643, 99-102

Abstract: Melting experiments with liquid Fe–Si–O alloy at the pressure of the Earth’s core reveal that the crystallization of silicon dioxide leads to core convection and a dynamo.

Date: 2017
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