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Summary: HIGH RESOLUTION AND RESONANCE SCATTERING
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ESRF HIGHLIGHTS 2004
alignment of the c-axis of the iron crystallites along the
Earth's rotation axis, in an otherwise randomly oriented
medium, can alone qualitatively explain compressional
travel time anomalies observed in Earth's inner core.
References
[1] H.K. Mao et al., Nature 396, 741-743 (1998);
correction, Nature 399, 280 (1999).
[2] G. Steinle-Neumann et al.,Phys. Rev. B 60, 791
(1999).
Principal publications and authors
D. Antonangeli (a), M. Krisch (a), G. Fiquet (b), D.L.
Farber (c), C.M. Aracne (c), J. Badro (b,c), F. Occelli (c),
H. Requardt (a), Phys. Rev. Lett, 93, 215505 (2004); D.
Antonangeli (a), F. Occelli (a), H. Requardt (a), J. Badro
(b), G. Fiquet (b), M. Krisch (a), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.,
225, 243-251 (2004).
(a) ESRF
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