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The melting curve of iron, the main constituent of the Earth’s core, plays a fundamental role in geophysics since its knowledge allows us to place a lower limit on the temperature of the outer core, which we know from seismology to be in a fluid State. Moreover, comparisons between melting curves and the adiabatic temperature distributions would make possible speculations about the thermodynamics of the core and the origin of the geomagnetic field.
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Boschi, E., Fazio, D., Mulargia, F. (1979). Melting Curves of Iron at High Pressures. In: Timmerhaus, K.D., Barber, M.S. (eds) High-Pressure Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7470-1_43
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