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THE melting-point gradient for the Earth's mantle has been determined by Uffen1 from Lindemann's law; the results yield an upper limit on the actual temperature. Simon2 and Bullard3 have made estimates, from Simon's semi-empirical fusion equation, of melting temperatures in the Earth's core, which provide a lower limit to the corresponding temperature in the liquid outer core.
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GILVARRY, J. Temperatures in the Earth's Interior. Nature 178, 1249–1250 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781249b0
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