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June 08, 2016

Constraining the composition of Earth's interior with elasticity of minerals
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 08, 2016
The composition and temperature of the Earth's interior are fundamental for us to understand the Earth' interior and his dynamics. Because of the impossibility to access directly most areas of the Earth's interior, the combination of the elasticity of minerals at high temperature and pressure (PT) and the seismic results becomes one of most practical ways to constrain the temperature and chemical composition of Earth's interior. This is done by answering what kinds of aggregates of minerals have t ... read more

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