The Earth’s Metal Heart · 2018. 6. 22. · Rock Iron Emil Weichert. Seeing with seismology [Mike...

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The Earth’s Metal Heart Daniel A. Frost

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TheEarth’sMetalHeart

DanielA.Frost

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Whatwethinkweknow

[Bullen,1975]

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TheSolidEarth

[EdGarnero]

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Drillingdown

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Hintsfromastronomy

Iron

Rock

Iron

EmilWeichert

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Seeingwithseismology

[MikeThorne,UoU]

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Seeingwithseismology

[Redfern]

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Seeingtheshadow

RichardOldham

98°

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Seeingtheshadow

98° 10°or1000km

RichardOldham

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Seeingtheshadow

98°

P-waveShadowZone

RichardOldham

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Outtheotherside

145°

P-waveShadow

BenoGutenberg

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Laptopseismology

145°

hNps://ds.iris.edu/wilber3/find_event

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Laptopseismology

145°

hNps://ds.iris.edu/wilber3/find_event

ShadowZone

PKP

P-wave

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Solidorliquid?

145°[MITEAPS]

P-waveShadow

S-waveShadow

HaroldJeffreys

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Howhotisthecore?-Very

145°

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Hiddeninplainsight

IngeLehmann

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Hiddeninplainsight

ShadowZone

PKP

P-wave

PʹIngeLehmann

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Hiddeninplainsight

ShadowZone

PKP

P-wave

PʹIngeLehmann

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Underpressure

[LyndonStateCollege]

FrancisBirchKeithBullen

Solid!

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Solidevidence

[HarvardSeismology]

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Solidevidence

[HarvardSeismology]

Normalmode/Freeoscilla>on

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Insideout

[AllenMcNamara]

Heatfrominnercore

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NorthPoleWilliamGilbert

EdmondHalley

FeelingtheaNrac]on

SouthPoleSouthPole

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FeelingtheaNrac]onNorthPole

WilliamGilbert

EdmondHalley

SouthPoleSouthPole

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Makingmagne]sm

WalterElsasser

Mo>onofconductorinmagne>cfield

Currentinconductor

Magne>cfield

NorthPole

SouthPoleSouthPole

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CorecrystalsNorthPole

SouthPoleSouthPole

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CorecrystalsNorthPole

Hexagonallyclose-packed

SouthPoleSouthPole

Ironatoms

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CorecrystalsNorthPole (Sandwichesareanisotropic)

SouthPoleSouthPole

Hexagonallyclose-packed

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FromtheboNomtothetop

[AndrewJackson]

Magne>cfieldstrength

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Thecore’scoat

Magne>cfieldstrength

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Thecore’scoat

Magne>cfieldstrength

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Coreques]ons

Howdoestheinnercoregrow?Howdoestheinnercoreaffectthegeodynamo?Howdoesthesurfaceaffectthecore?

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Thanksforlistening

[AllenMcNamara]

Heatfrominnercore

[MikeThorne,UoU][HarvardSeismology]

[AndrewJackson]

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Thanksforlistening