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IN view of the recent article by Prof. F. E. Simon in Nature on the melting of iron at high pressures1, it seems desirable to review the hypothesis I put forward to account for a solid inner core within the earth2.
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JACOBS, J. Temperature Distribution within the Earth's Core. Nature 173, 258–259 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173258a0
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