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Topic D - Shock Temperatures and Melting

Lyzenga, G.A., and T.J. Ahrens, A multiwavelength optical pyrometer for shock compression experiments, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 50, 1421-1424, 1979 [Seismo #1033].

Lyzenga, G.A., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperature measurements in Mg2SiO4 and SiO2 at high pressures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 7, 141-144, 1980 [Seismo #1059].

Ahrens, T.J., G.A. Lyzenga, and A.C. Mitchell, Temperatures induced by shock waves in minerals, in High Pressure Research in Geophysics, edited by S. Akimoto, and M.H. Manghnani, pp. 579-594, Center for Academic Publications, Japan, 1982 [Seismo #1170].

Lyzenga, G.A., T.J. Ahrens, W.J. Nellis, and A.C. Mitchell, The temperature of shock-compressed water, J. Chem. Phys., 76, 6282-6286, 1982 [Seismo #1165].

Kondo, K.-I., and T.J. Ahrens, Heterogenous shock-induced thermal radiation in minerals, Phys. Chem. Minerals, 9, 173-181, 1983 [Seismo #1211].

Kondo, K.-I., T.J. Ahrens, and A. Sawaoka, Shock-induced radiation spectra of fused quartz, J. Appl. Phys., 54, 4382-4385, 1983 [Seismo #1217].

Lyzenga, G.A., T.J. Ahrens, and A.C. Mitchell, Shock temperatures of SiO2 and their geophysical implications, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 2431-2444, 1983 [Seismo #1197].

Schmitt, D.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Temperatures of shock-induced shear instabilities and their relationship to fusion curves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 1077-1080, 1983 [Seismo #1221].

Boslough, M.B., T.J. Ahrens, and A.C. Mitchell, Shock temperatures in CaO, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 7845-7851, 1984 [Seismo #1283].

Schmitt, D.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Emission spectra of shock compressed solids, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter-1983, edited by J.R. Asay, R.A. Graham, and G.K. Straub, pp. 313-316, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1984 [Seismo #1264].

Boslough, M.B., T.J. Ahrens, and A.C. Mitchell, Shock temperatures in anorthite glass, Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 84, 475-489, 1986 [Seismo #1340].

Schmitt, D.R., B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock induced radiation from minerals, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, edited by Y.M. Gupta, pp. 261-265, Plenum, New York, 1986 [Seismo #1356].

Svendsen, B., and T.J. Ahrens, Thermal history of shock-compressed solids, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, edited by Y.M. Gupta, pp. 607-611, Plenum Publish. Corp., New York, 1986 [Seismo #1353].

Bass, J.D., B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, The temperature of shock-compressed iron, in High Pressure Research in Mineral Physics, edited by M. Manghnani, and Y. Syono, pp. 393-402, Terra Scientific, Tokyo, 1987 [Seismo #1410].

Svendsen, B., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced temperatures of MgO, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 91, 667-691, 1987 [Seismo #1409].

Svendsen, B., T.J. Ahrens, and J.D. Bass, Optical radiation from shock-compressed materials and interfaces, in High Pressure Research in Mineral Physics, edited by M. Manghnani, and Y. Syono, pp. 403-426, Terra Scientific Publishing Co., Tokyo, 1987 [Seismo #1405].

Williams, Q., R. Jeanloz, J. Bass, B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, The melting curve of iron to 250 Gigapascals: A constraint on the temperature at Earth's center, Science, 236, 181-182, 1987 [Seismo #1379].

Schmitt, D.R., T.J. Ahrens, and B. Svendsen, Shock-induced melting and shear banding in single crystal NaCl, J. Appl. Phys., 63, 99-106, 1988 [Seismo #1403].

Schmitt, D.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperatures in silica glass: Implications for modes of shock-induced deformation, phase transformation, and melting with pressure, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5851-5871, 1989 [Seismo #1466].

Svendsen, B., J.D. Bass, and T.J. Ahrens, Optical radiation from shock-compressed materials and interfaces, Physics Reports, 180, 333-416, 1989 [Seismo #1501].

Ahrens, T.J., J.D. Bass, and J.R. Abelson, Shock temperatures in metals, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison, pp. 851-857, Elsevier Publishers, B. V., Amsterdam, 1990 [Seismo #1514].

Ahrens, T.J., H. Tan, and J.D. Bass, Analysis of shock temperature data for iron, High Pressure Research, 2, 145-157, 1990 [Seismo #1499].

Bass, J.D., T.J. Ahrens, J.R. Abelson, and H. Tan, Shock temperature measurements in metals: New results for an Fe alloy, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 21767-76, 1990 [Seismo #1556].

Svendsen, B., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced temperatures of CaMgSi206, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 6943-6953, 1990 [Seismo #1502].

Tan, H., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperature measurements for metals, High Pressure Research, 2, 159-182, 1990 [Seismo #1500].

Ahrens, T.J., Shock-induced optical radiation from solids, in Proc. International Symposium on Intense Dynamic Loading and its Effects, June 9-12, 1992, Chengdu, China, edited by G. Zhang, and S. Huang, pp. 835-843, Sichuan Univ. Press, Chengdu, China, 1992 [TJA file].

Gallagher, K.G., J.D. Bass, T.J. Ahrens, M. Fitzner, and J.R. Abelson, Shock-temperature of stainless steel and a high pressure-high temperature constraints on thermal diffusivity of Al2O3, in High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and M. Ross, pp. 963-966, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, 1994 [Seismo #1704].

Gallagher, K.G., W. Yang, and T.J. Ahrens, Free-surface light emission from shocked teflon, in High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and M. Ross, pp. 1551-1553, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, 1994 [Seismo #1708].

Anderson, W.W., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperatures and melting in iron sulfides at core pressures, J. Geophys. Res., 101 (B3), 5627 - 5642, 1996 [Seismo #1806].

Gallagher, K.G., and T.J. Ahrens, Ultra-high-pressure thermal conductivity measurements of griceite and corundum, in Shock Waves, Proc. of the 20th ISSW, edited by B. Sturtevant, J. Shepherd, and H. Hornung, pp. 1401 - 1406, World Scientific, New Jersey, 1997 [Seismo #1848].

Holland, K.G., and T.J. Ahrens, Melting of (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 and the core-mantle boundary of the Earth, Science, 275 (5306), 1623-1625, 1997 [Seismo #1862].

Ahrens, T.J., K.G. Holland, and G.Q. Chen, Shock temperatures and the melting point of iron, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1997, edited by S.C. Schmidt, D.P. Dandekar, and J.W. Forbes, pp. 133-136, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 1998 [Seismo#1912].

Holland, K.G., and T.J. Ahrens, Properties of LiF and Al2O3 to 240 GPa for metal shock temperature measurements, in Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature - Geophysical Monograph, edited by M.H. Manghnani, and T. Yagi, pp. 335-343, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1998 [Seismo #1895].

Gupta, S.C., S.G. Love, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperatures in calcite (CaCO3): Implication for shock-induced decomposition, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999, edited by M.D. Furnish, L.C. Chhabildas, and R.S. Hixson, pp. 1263-1266, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1977].

Gupta, S.C., S.G. Love, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperature in calcite (CaCO3) at 95 to 160 GPa, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 201, 1-12, 2002 [Seismo#2073].

Luo, S.-N., T.J. Ahrens, T. Çagin, A. Strachan, W.A. Goddard III, and D.C. Swift, Maximum superheating and undercooling: Systematics, molecular dynamics simulations and dynamic experiments, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 134206-1 to 134206-11, 2003 [Seismo#2121].

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].

Luo, S.-N., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced superheating and melting curves of geophysically important minerals, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 143-144, 369-386, 2004 [Seismo#2132].

Luo, S.-N., T.J. Ahrens, and D.C. Swift, Melting at the limit of superheating, in 13th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2003, edited by M.D. Furnish, Y.M. Gupta, and J.W. Forbes, pp. 172-175, American Institute of Physics, New York, 2004 [Seismo#2133].

Luo, S.-N., J.A. Akins, T.J. Ahrens, and P.D. Asimow, Shock compressed MgSiO3 glass, enstatite, olivine, and quartz: Optical emission, temperatures, and melting, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B05205, 10.1029/2003JB002860, 2004 [Seismo#2139].

Mosenfelder, J.L., P.D. Asimow, and T.J. Ahrens, Thermodynamic properties of Mg2SiO4 from shock measurements to 200 GPa on forsterite and wadsleyite, J. Geophys. Res., 2006 [preprint].

Ni, S., and T.J. Ahrens, Surface motion of a fluid planet induced by impacts, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 445-452, 2006 [Seismo#].

Lyzenga, G.A., and T.J. Ahrens, A multiwavelength optical pyrometer for shock compression experiments, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 50, 1421-1424, 1979 [Seismo #1033].
Lyzenga, G.A., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperature measurements in Mg2SiO4 and SiO2 at high pressures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 7, 141-144, 1980 [Seismo #1059].
Ahrens, T.J., G.A. Lyzenga, and A.C. Mitchell, Temperatures induced by shock waves in minerals, in High Pressure Research in Geophysics, edited by S. Akimoto, and M.H. Manghnani, pp. 579-594, Center for Academic Publications, Japan, 1982 [Seismo #1170].
Lyzenga, G.A., T.J. Ahrens, W.J. Nellis, and A.C. Mitchell, The temperature of shock-compressed water, J. Chem. Phys., 76, 6282-6286, 1982 [Seismo #1165].
Kondo, K.-I., and T.J. Ahrens, Heterogenous shock-induced thermal radiation in minerals, Phys. Chem. Minerals, 9, 173-181, 1983 [Seismo #1211].
Kondo, K.-I., T.J. Ahrens, and A. Sawaoka, Shock-induced radiation spectra of fused quartz, J. Appl. Phys., 54, 4382-4385, 1983 [Seismo #1217].
Lyzenga, G.A., T.J. Ahrens, and A.C. Mitchell, Shock temperatures of SiO2 and their geophysical implications, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 2431-2444, 1983 [Seismo #1197].
Schmitt, D.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Temperatures of shock-induced shear instabilities and their relationship to fusion curves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 1077-1080, 1983 [Seismo #1221].
Boslough, M.B., T.J. Ahrens, and A.C. Mitchell, Shock temperatures in CaO, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 7845-7851, 1984 [Seismo #1283].
Schmitt, D.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Emission spectra of shock compressed solids, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter-1983, edited by J.R. Asay, R.A. Graham, and G.K. Straub, pp. 313-316, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., 1984 [Seismo #1264].
Boslough, M.B., T.J. Ahrens, and A.C. Mitchell, Shock temperatures in anorthite glass, Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 84, 475-489, 1986 [Seismo #1340].
Schmitt, D.R., B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock induced radiation from minerals, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, edited by Y.M. Gupta, pp. 261-265, Plenum, New York, 1986 [Seismo #1356].
Svendsen, B., and T.J. Ahrens, Thermal history of shock-compressed solids, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter, edited by Y.M. Gupta, pp. 607-611, Plenum Publish. Corp., New York, 1986 [Seismo #1353].
Bass, J.D., B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, The temperature of shock-compressed iron, in High Pressure Research in Mineral Physics, edited by M. Manghnani, and Y. Syono, pp. 393-402, Terra Scientific, Tokyo, 1987 [Seismo #1410].
Svendsen, B., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced temperatures of MgO, Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., 91, 667-691, 1987 [Seismo #1409].
Svendsen, B., T.J. Ahrens, and J.D. Bass, Optical radiation from shock-compressed materials and interfaces, in High Pressure Research in Mineral Physics, edited by M. Manghnani, and Y. Syono, pp. 403-426, Terra Scientific Publishing Co., Tokyo, 1987 [Seismo #1405].
Williams, Q., R. Jeanloz, J. Bass, B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, The melting curve of iron to 250 Gigapascals: A constraint on the temperature at Earth's center, Science, 236, 181-182, 1987 [Seismo #1379].
Schmitt, D.R., T.J. Ahrens, and B. Svendsen, Shock-induced melting and shear banding in single crystal NaCl, J. Appl. Phys., 63, 99-106, 1988 [Seismo #1403].
Schmitt, D.R., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperatures in silica glass: Implications for modes of shock-induced deformation, phase transformation, and melting with pressure, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 5851-5871, 1989 [Seismo #1466].
Svendsen, B., J.D. Bass, and T.J. Ahrens, Optical radiation from shock-compressed materials and interfaces, Physics Reports, 180, 333-416, 1989 [Seismo #1501].
Ahrens, T.J., J.D. Bass, and J.R. Abelson, Shock temperatures in metals, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison, pp. 851-857, Elsevier Publishers, B. V., Amsterdam, 1990 [Seismo #1514].
Ahrens, T.J., H. Tan, and J.D. Bass, Analysis of shock temperature data for iron, High Pressure Research, 2, 145-157, 1990 [Seismo #1499].
Bass, J.D., T.J. Ahrens, J.R. Abelson, and H. Tan, Shock temperature measurements in metals: New results for an Fe alloy, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 21767-76, 1990 [Seismo #1556].
Svendsen, B., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced temperatures of CaMgSi206, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 6943-6953, 1990 [Seismo #1502].
Tan, H., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperature measurements for metals, High Pressure Research, 2, 159-182, 1990 [Seismo #1500].
Ahrens, T.J., Shock-induced optical radiation from solids, in Proc. International Symposium on Intense Dynamic Loading and its Effects, June 9-12, 1992, Chengdu, China, edited by G. Zhang, and S. Huang, pp. 835-843, Sichuan Univ. Press, Chengdu, China, 1992 [TJA file].
Gallagher, K.G., J.D. Bass, T.J. Ahrens, M. Fitzner, and J.R. Abelson, Shock-temperature of stainless steel and a high pressure-high temperature constraints on thermal diffusivity of Al2O3, in High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and M. Ross, pp. 963-966, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, 1994 [Seismo #1704].
Gallagher, K.G., W. Yang, and T.J. Ahrens, Free-surface light emission from shocked teflon, in High-Pressure Science and Technology - 1993, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.W. Shaner, G.A. Samara, and M. Ross, pp. 1551-1553, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, 1994 [Seismo #1708].
Anderson, W.W., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperatures and melting in iron sulfides at core pressures, J. Geophys. Res., 101 (B3), 5627 - 5642, 1996 [Seismo #1806].
Gallagher, K.G., and T.J. Ahrens, Ultra-high-pressure thermal conductivity measurements of griceite and corundum, in Shock Waves, Proc. of the 20th ISSW, edited by B. Sturtevant, J. Shepherd, and H. Hornung, pp. 1401 - 1406, World Scientific, New Jersey, 1997 [Seismo #1848].
Holland, K.G., and T.J. Ahrens, Melting of (Mg,Fe)2SiO4 and the core-mantle boundary of the Earth, Science, 275 (5306), 1623-1625, 1997 [Seismo #1862].
Ahrens, T.J., K.G. Holland, and G.Q. Chen, Shock temperatures and the melting point of iron, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1997, edited by S.C. Schmidt, D.P. Dandekar, and J.W. Forbes, pp. 133-136, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 1998 [Seismo#1912].
Holland, K.G., and T.J. Ahrens, Properties of LiF and Al2O3 to 240 GPa for metal shock temperature measurements, in Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature - Geophysical Monograph, edited by M.H. Manghnani, and T. Yagi, pp. 335-343, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1998 [Seismo #1895].
Gupta, S.C., S.G. Love, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperatures in calcite (CaCO3): Implication for shock-induced decomposition, in Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1999, edited by M.D. Furnish, L.C. Chhabildas, and R.S. Hixson, pp. 1263-1266, AIP Press, Woodbury, NY, 2000 [Seismo#1977].
Gupta, S.C., S.G. Love, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock temperature in calcite (CaCO3) at 95 to 160 GPa, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 201, 1-12, 2002 [Seismo#2073].
Luo, S.-N., T.J. Ahrens, T. Çagin, A. Strachan, W.A. Goddard III, and D.C. Swift, Maximum superheating and undercooling: Systematics, molecular dynamics simulations and dynamic experiments, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 134206-1 to 134206-11, 2003 [Seismo#2121].
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].
Luo, S.-N., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced superheating and melting curves of geophysically important minerals, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 143-144, 369-386, 2004 [Seismo#2132].
Luo, S.-N., T.J. Ahrens, and D.C. Swift, Melting at the limit of superheating, in 13th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2003, edited by M.D. Furnish, Y.M. Gupta, and J.W. Forbes, pp. 172-175, American Institute of Physics, New York, 2004 [Seismo#2133].
Luo, S.-N., J.A. Akins, T.J. Ahrens, and P.D. Asimow, Shock compressed MgSiO3 glass, enstatite, olivine, and quartz: Optical emission, temperatures, and melting, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B05205, 10.1029/2003JB002860, 2004 [Seismo#2139].
Mosenfelder, J.L., P.D. Asimow, and T.J. Ahrens, Thermodynamic properties of Mg2SiO4 from shock measurements to 200 GPa on forsterite and wadsleyite, J. Geophys. Res., 2006 [preprint].
Ni, S., and T.J. Ahrens, Surface motion of a fluid planet induced by impacts, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 445-452, 2006 [Seismo#].