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Inner Core Formation

Inner Core Formation is a theoretical construct in geophysics that identifies the process by which the Earth's inner core solidified from the molten outer core through gradual cooling and crystallization of iron-nickel alloy under high pressure and temperature conditions.

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782

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399

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2017–2026

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From filamentary clouds to prestellar cores to the stellar IMF: Initial highlights from the<i>Herschel</i>Gould Belt Survey

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2010 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Core formation and the oxidation state of the Earth

Jon Wade, Bernard J. Wood · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2005 · 556 citations

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Separating gas-giant and ice-giant planets by halting pebble accretion

Michiel Lambrechts, Anders Johansen, A. Morbidelli · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2014 · 450 citations · Full text

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Seismological evidence for differential rotation of the Earth's inner core

Xiaodong Song, Paul G. Richards · Nature · 1996 · 437 citations

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Reactions of xenon with iron and nickel are predicted in the Earth's inner core

Li Zhu, Hanyu Liu, Chris J. Pickard et al. · Nature Chemistry · 2014 · 421 citations · Full text

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Authors

782

  1. TK
    T. Kleine

    University of Münster, Germany

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. DA
    Dario Alfè

    University College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 566 citations

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  3. BJ
    Bernard J. Wood

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. KH
    Kei Hirose

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    5 publications · 658 citations

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  5. YO
    Yasuo Ohishi

    Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Japan

    5 publications · 303 citations

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Institutions

399

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    29 h-index

    132 publications

    38.5K citations

  2. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    52 publications

    25.5K citations

  3. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    2.8K citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    11 h-index

    20 publications

    1K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    32 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.6K citations

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Venues

  1. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    32 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    36 publications · 2.8K citations

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  3. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 24 publications · 1.7K citations

    21

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  4. Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

    31 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Nature

    18 publications · 3.1K citations

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