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Energetics of core formation - A correction.An error has recently been discovered in the calculation of the temperature rise conducted by Birch (1965) in connection with a determination of the release of gravitational energy accompanying a rapid formation of the earth's core from an initially undifferentiated state. A revised calculation of the energetic relations involved in the core formation is, therefore, presented. The radii of the initial undifferentiated cold earth and of the fictitious undifferentiated warm earth are both found to be slightly smaller than that of the present differentiated warm earth.
Document ID
19730057697
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Flasar, F. M.
Birch, F.
(Harvard University Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
September 10, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 78
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
73A42499
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-22-007-228
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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