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Topic F - Thermodynamics of Earth Materials
  1. Ahrens, T.J., and Y. Syono, Calculated mineral reactions in the earth's mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 72, 4181-4188, 1967 [TJA file].
  2. Cowperthwaite, M., and T.J. Ahrens, Thermodynamics of the adiabatic expansion of a mixture of two phases, Am. Jour. Physics, 35, 951-955, 1967 [TJA file].
  3. Ahrens, T.J., D.L. Anderson, and A.E. Ringwood, Equation of state and crystal structures of high-pressure phases of shocked silicates and oxides, Rev. Geophys., 7, 667-707, 1969 [Seismo #631].
  4. Gaffney, E.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Heat of formation of O2-, J. Chem. Physics, 51, 1088-1091, 1969 [Seismo #624].
  5. Ahrens, T.J., T. Takahashi, and G.F. Davies, A proposed equation of state of stishovite, J. Geophys. Res., 75, 310-316, 1970 [Seismo #637].
  6. Gaffney, E.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Stability of mantle minerals from lattice calcuations and shock wave data, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 3, 205-212, 1970 [Seismo#647].
  7. Ahrens, T.J., and T. Takahashi, Static and dynamic compression of earth materials, Am. Geophys. Union Trans., 52, 147-153, 1971 [Seismo #678].
  8. Ahrens, T.J., Shock melting and vaporization of metals, J. Appl. Phys., 43, 2443-2445, 1972 [Seismo #724].
  9. Ahrens, T.J., The mineralogic distribution of iron in the upper mantle, Phys. Earth Planetary Interiors, 5, 267-281, 1972 [Seismo #736].
  10. Ahrens, T.J., The state of mantle minerals, Tectonophysics, 13, 189-219, 1972 [Seismo #732].
  11. Ahrens, T.J., and L. Thomsen, Application of the fourth-order anharmonic theory to prediction of equations of state at high compressions and temperatures, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 5, 282-294, 1972 [Seismo #737].
  12. Ahrens, T.J., Petrologic properties of the upper 670 km of the earth's mantle: Geophysical implications, Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 7, 167-186, 1973 [Seismo #765].
  13. Ahrens, T.J., and G. Schubert, Rapid formation of eclogite in a slightly wet mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 27, 90-94, 1975 [Seismo #830].
  14. Ahrens, T.J., and G.L. Schubert, Gabbro-eclogite reaction rate and its geophysical significance, Rev. Geophys. and Space Physics, 13, 383-400, 1975 [Seismo #853].
  15. Lyzenga, G.A., and T.J. Ahrens, The relation between the shock-induced free surface velocity and the post-shock specific volume of solids, J. Appl. Phys., 49, 201-204, 1978 [Seismo #932].
  16. Jeanloz, R., and T.J. Ahrens, Release adiabat measurements on minerals: The effect of viscosity, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 7545-7548, 1979 [Seismo #1044].
  17. Ahrens, T.J., Carbon dioxide within Venus and the Earth, Adv. Space Res., Cospar, 1, 177-187, 1981 [Seismo #1112].
  18. Watt, J.P., and T.J. Ahrens, The role of iron partitioning in mantle composition, evolution, and scale of convection, J. Geophys. Res., 87, 5631-5644, 1982 [Seismo #1164].
  19. Lange, M.A., and T.J. Ahrens, FeO and H20 and the homogeneous accretion of the Earth, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 71, 111-119, 1984 [Seismo #1295].
  20. Watt, J.P., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock wave equations of state using mixed-phase regime data, J. Geophys. Res., 89, 7836-7844, 1984 [Seismo #1282].
  21. Ahrens, T.J., Is the Earth's interior dissolving?, Physics World, 2, 20-21, 1989 [Seismo #1483].
  22. Ahrens, T.J., Water storage in the mantle, Nature, 342, 122-123, 1989 [Seismo #1486].
  23. Anderson, W.W., B. Svendsen, and T.J. Ahrens, Phase relations in iron-rich systems and implications of the Earth's core, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 55, 208-220, 1989 [Seismo #1475].
  24. Svendsen, B., W.W. Anderson, T.J. Ahrens, and J.D. Bass, Ideal Fe-FeS and Fe-FeO phase relations and the Earth's core, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 55, 154-186, 1989 [Seismo #1465].
  25. Ahrens, T.J., Earth Accretion, in Origin of the Earth, edited by J. Jones, and H. Newsom, pp. 211-227, Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 1990 [Seismo #1518].
  26. Duffy, T.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Hugoniot sound velocities and finite strain theory, in Shock Waves in Condensed Matter-1989, edited by S.C. Schmidt, J.N. Johnson, and L.W. Davison, pp. 91-94, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., New York, 1990 [Seismo #1525].
  27. Miller, G.H., and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-wave viscosity measurement, Rev. Modern Phys., 63, 919-948, 1991 [Seismo #1561].
  28. Duffy, T.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Lateral variations in lower mantle seismic velocity, in High-Pressure Research: Application to Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysical Monograph 67), edited by Y. Syono, and M.H. Manghnani, pp. 197-205, Terra Scientific, Tokyo, Japan, 1992 [Seismo #1628].
  29. Duffy, T.S., and T.J. Ahrens, Thermal expansion of mantle and core materials at very high pressure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 1103-1106, 1993 [Seismo #1644].
  30. Ahrens, T.J., Origin of the Earth, Physics Today, 47, 38-45, 1994 [Seismo #1701].
  31. Anderson, W.W., and T.J. Ahrens, An equation of state for liquid iron and implications for the Earth's core, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 4273-4284, 1994 [Seismo #1678].
  32. Song, X., and T.J. Ahrens, Pressure-temperature range of reactions between liquid iron in the outer core and mantle silicates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 153-156, 1994 [Seismo #1673].
  33. Chen, G., and T.J. Ahrens, Equations of state of  and liquid iron and iron's melting curve - Thermodynamic calculations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22 (1), 21-24, 1995 [Seismo #1739].
  34. Ahrens, T.J., Geophysical and material science implications of the post-stishovite phase, in in Proceedings of Advanced Materials '96, edited by M. Akaishi, M. Arima, T. Irifune, T. Kikegawa, K. Kondo, T. Yagi, M. Yoshida, Y. Bando, H. Yamada, T. Sekine, K. Takemura, H. Taniguchi, H. Kanda, K. Kojima, and M. Kobayashi, pp. 1-4, National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Tsukuba, Japan, 1996 [Seismo #1811].
  35. Chen, G., and T.J. Ahrens, High pressure melting of iron-New experiments and calculations, in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A: Develop. in High-Pressure, High-Temp. Res. and Study of Earth's Deep Int., edited by A.P. Jephcoat, R.J. Angel, and R.K. Onions, pp. 1251-1263, The Royal Society, Great Britain, 1996 [Seismo #1821].
  36. Smyth, J.R., and T.J. Ahrens, The crystal structure of calcite III, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1595-1598, 1997 [Seismo #1913].
  37. Chen, G.Q., and T.J. Ahrens, High pressure and high temperature equation-of-state of gamma and liquid iron, in High-Pressure Materials Research, edited by R.M. Wentzcovitch, R.J. Hemley, W.J. Nellis, and P.Y. Yu, pp. 41-61, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Warrendale, PA, 1998 [Seismo #1921].
  38. Ahrens, T.J., K.G. Holland, and G.Q. Chen, Phase diagram of iron, revised-core temperatures, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 54-1 to 54-4, 10.1029/2001GL014350, 2002 [Seismo #2069].
  39. Akins, J.A., and T.J. Ahrens, Dynamic compression of SiO2: A new interpretation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 31-4 to 31-4, 10.1029/2002GL014806, 2002 [Seismo#2080].
  40. Luo, S.-N., T. Çagin, A. Strachan, W.A. Goddard III, and T.J. Ahrens, Molecular dynamics modeling of stishovite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 202 ((1)), 147-157, 2002 [Seismo#2078].
  41. Luo, S.-N., T.J. Ahrens, and P.D. Asimow, Polymorphism, superheating, and amorphization of silica upon shock wave loading and release, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 2-1 to 2-13, 10.1029/2002JB002317, 2003 [Seismo#2119].
  42. 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].
  43. Akins, J.A., S.-N. Luo, P.D. Asimow, and T.J. Ahrens, Shock-induced melting of MgSiO3 perovskite and implications for melts in Earth's lowermost mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L14612, 10.1029/2004GL020237, 2004 [Seismo#2154].
  44. 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].
  45. 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].
  46. Stewart, S.T., and T.J. Ahrens, A new H2O ice Hugoniot: Implications for planetary impact events, 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. 1478-1483, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, 2004 [Seismo#2136].
  47. 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].