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2 papers
astro-ph.EP2018
Persistence of Strong Silica-Enriched Domains in the Earth's Lower Mantle
Maxim D. Ballmer, Christine Houser, John W. Hernlund +2
The composition of the lower mantle comprising 56% of Earth's volume remains poorly constrained. Among the major elements, Mg/Si ratios ranging from 0.91.1, such a…
astro-ph.EP2018★ 90 cited
Reconciling Magma-Ocean Crystallization Models with the present-day Structure of the Earth's mantle
Maxim D. Ballmer, Diogo L. Lourenço, Kei Hirose +2
Terrestrial planets are thought to experience episode(s) of large-scale melting early in their history. Fractionation during magma-ocean freezing leads to unstable stratification w…