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Composition of the Earth

Nature volume 211, pages 616–618 (1966)Cite this article

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RECENTLY, Birch1 reported data on the density and composition of the mantle and core. He wrote: “The resulting densities in the lower mantle are found to be in good agreement with shock-wave measurements on rocks having FeO contents in the range 10 ± 2% by weight … except for iron oxide, the chemical composition of the mantle is indeterminate. The density of the outer core is lower than that of iron by about 10%”.

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MASON, B. Composition of the Earth. Nature 211, 616–618 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211616a0

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