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Topic I - Properties of High Temperature Materials
  1. Rigden, S.M., T.J. Ahrens, and E.M. Stolper, Densities of liquid silicates at high pressures, Science, 226 (4678), 1071-1074, 1984 [Seismo #1301].
  2. Stolper, E.M., and T.J. Ahrens, On the nature of pressure-induced coordination changes in silicate melts and glasses, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14 (12), 1231-1233, 1987 [Seismo #1400].
  3. Miller, G.H., T.J. Ahrens, and E.M. Stolper, The equation of state of molybdenum at 1400°C, J. Appl. Phys., 63 (9), 4469-4475, 1988 [Seismo #1432].
  4. Rigden, S.M., T.J. Ahrens, and E.M. Stolper, Shock compression of molten silicates: Results for a model basaltic composition, J. Geophys. Res., 93 (B1), 367-382, 1988 [Seismo #1404].
  5. Rigden, S.M., T.J. Ahrens, and E.M. Stolper, High-pressure equation of state of molten anorthite and diopside, J. Geophys. Res., 94 (B7), 9508-9522, 1989 [Seismo #1474].
  6. Miller, G.H., E.M. Stolper, and T.J. Ahrens, The equation of state of a molten komatiite I: Shock wave compression to 36 GPa, J. Geophys. Res., 96 (B7), 11831-11848, 1991 [Seismo #1549].
  7. Miller, G.H., E.M. Stolper, and T.J. Ahrens, The equation of state of a molten komatiite II: Application to komatiite petrogenesis and the Hadean mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 96 (B7), 11849-11864, 1991 [Seismo #1550].
  8. Duffy, T.S., and T.J. Ahrens, The temperature sensitivity of elastic wave velocity at high pressures: New results for molybdenum, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 473-476, 1994 [Seismo #1680].
  9. Duffy, T.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Dynamic response of molybdenum shock compressed at 1400³C, J. Appl. Phys., 76, 835-842, 1994 [Seismo #1695].
  10. Duffy, T.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Free-surface velocity profiles in molybdenum shock compressed at 1400ºC, in High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and M. Ross, pp. 1079-1082, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, 1994 [Seismo #1705].
  11. Rowan, L.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Observations of impact-induced molten metal-silicate partitioning, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 122, 71-88, 1994 [Seismo #1689].
  12. Chen, G.Q., T.J. Ahrens, and E. M.Stolper, Shock wave equation of state of molten and solid fayalite, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 134, 35-52, 2002 [Seismo #2087].
  13. Ahrens, T.J., Shock Wave Experiments, in Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, edited by D. Gubbins, and E. Herrero-Bervera, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004 [preprint].