Ahrens, Thomas J. (1996) Application of shock compression science to Earth and planetary physics. In: Shock compression of condensed matter 1995. AIP conference proceedings. No.370. American Institute of Physics , Melville, NY, pp. 3-8. ISBN 1-56396-566-6. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141022-134418460
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Abstract
After the development of shock compression methods for obtaining pressure-density Hugoniot curves, it became clear that these could be applied to both determining the equations-of-state and investigation of polymorphic phase changes in silicate minerals of planetary mantles and crusts, as well as, the iron alloys of the metallic cores of terrestrial planets. These data, when taken with seismological models of the Earth, yield constraints on the composition of the Earth’s mantle and core. Shock data for molten silicates provide a basis for understanding the initial layering of a cooling terrestrial magma ocean. Application of shock-wave data is critical to delineating the energy partitioning upon hypervelocity impact on planetary surfaces, and permits calculation of the mass of melt and vapor produced by impactors as a function of impact velocity, as well as, providing a quantitative basis for determining the degree of erosion or accretion upon planetary impact as a function of impact and planetary escape velocity.
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| Additional Information: | © 1996 American Institute of Physics. Published online 05 May 1996. I am grateful to the collaboration of all of my students and colleagues and technical and administrative support personnel who I have worked with since 1962 in conducting my research, first, at Poulter Laboratory, Stanford Research Institute, and, later, the Seismological Laboratory's, Lindhurst Laboratory of Experimental Geophysics at at the California Institute of Technology. Supported by NSF, NASA and DOD. Contribution No. 5584. | |||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1063/1.50667 | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | Application of shock compression science to Earth and planetary physics Ahrens, Thomas J., AIP Conference Proceedings, 370, 3-8 (1996), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.50667 | |||||||||
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