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High solubility of water in post-perovskite and bridgmanite in the Earth's deep lower mantle
Megumi Semba, Naoya Sakamoto, Shuhei Mita +5
Water in the Earth's mantle induces melting, giving rise to strong chemical heterogeneity, and alters its rheological and transport properties, which are keys to understanding seis…
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…
Formation, stratification, and mixing of the cores of Earth and Venus
Seth A. Jacobson, David C. Rubie, John Hernlund +2
Earth possesses a persistent, internally-generated magnetic field, whereas no trace of a dynamo has been detected on Venus, at present or in the past, although a high surface tempe…
The language of exoplanet ranking metrics needs to change
Elizabeth Tasker, Joshua Tan, Kevin Heng +14
We have found many Earth-sized worlds but we have no way of determining if their surfaces are Earth-like. This makes it impossible to quantitatively compare habitability, and prete…
Thermodynamic Limits on Magnetodynamos in Rocky Exoplanets
Eric Gaidos, Clinton P. Conrad, Michael Manga +1
To ascertain whether magnetic dynamos operate in rocky exoplanets more massive or hotter than the Earth, we developed a parametric model of a differentiated rocky planet and its th…