Publications
Constraining Earth’s core composition from inner core nucleation, Nature Communications, Wilson, A.J.,, Davies, C.J., Walker, A.M. and Alfè, D., 2025.
The effect of compositional fluctuations in a liquid Fe–O alloy on the nucleation of Earth’s inner core. Scientific Reports, Wilson, A.J., Pozzo, M., Davies, C.J., Walker, A.M. and Alfè, D., 2025.
How to assess similarities and differences between mantle circulation models and Earth using disparate independent observations. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Davies, J.H., Panton, J., Altoe, I., Andersen, M., Béguelin, P., Biggin, A., Davies, C., Elliott, T., Engbers, Y.A., Fernandes, V.M. and Ferreira, A.M.G., 2025.
Force balances in spherical shell rotating convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. Naskar S, Davies C, Mound J, Clarke A. 2025
A non-equilibrium slurry model for planetary cores with application to Earth’s F-layer. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. Walker A, Davies C, Wilson A, Bergman M. 2025.
A two-phase two-component slurry model of the F-layer at the base of Earth's core. Wilczyński F, Davies C, Jones C. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2025.
Electrical properties of alkaline Earth sulfides and implications for the interior of Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. Pommier A, Tauber M, Renggli C, Davies C, Wilson A. 2025.
Unlocking planetesimal magnetic field histories: a refined, versatile model for thermal evolution and dynamo generation. Icarus. Sanderson H, Bryson J, Nichols C, Davies C. 2025.
The formation and evolution of Earth’s inner core. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, Wilson A, Davies C, Walker A, Pozzo M, Alfè D, Deuss A, 2025.
Insights into the last 100 ky of geomagnetic field variability using numerical dynamo simulations. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Mason SJ, Davies CJ, Clarke AT, Constable CG. 2024.
Unlocking planetesimal magnetic field histories: a refined, versatile model for thermal evolution and dynamo generation. Icarus, Sanderson HR, Bryson JF, Nichols CI, Davies CJ, 2024.
Thermal and magnetic evolution of Mercury with a layered Fe-Si (-S) core. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Davies CJ, Pommier A, Greenwood S, Wilson A, 2024.
Constraining Earth's core composition from inner core nucleation. Pre-print, Wilson A, Davies C, Walker A, Alfè D, 2024.
Rapid changes in strength and direction of Earth's magnetic field over the past 100,000 years. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Constable CG, Davies CJ, 2024.
A two-phase pure slurry model for planetary cores: one-dimensional solutions and implications for Earth's F-layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Wilczyński F, Davies CJ, Jones CA, 2023.
Examining the power supplied to Earth’s dynamo by magnesium precipitation and radiogenic heat production. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors,
A set of codes for numerical convection and geodynamo calculations. RAS Techniques and Instruments, Gibbons SJ, Willis AP, Davies C, Gubbins D, 2023.
Can homogeneous nucleation resolve the inner core nucleation paradox? Earth and Planetary Science Letters., 2023.
A two-phase pure slurry model for planetary cores: one-dimensional solutions and implications for Earth's F-layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2023.
A set of codes for numerical convection and geodynamo calculations, RAS Techniques and Instruments, Gibbons, S.J., Willis, A.P., Davies, C. and Gubbins, D., 2023.
Earth's energy budget and the "new core paradox", Davies, C., 22023, Giornale Di Fisica, 2023.
The “new core paradox”: Challenges and potential solutions, Driscoll, P. and Davies, C., 2023., Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
Longitudinal structure of Earth’s magnetic field controlled by lower mantle heat flow, Mound, J.E. and Davies, C.J., 2023, Nature Geoscience.
Reconciling fast and slow cooling during planetary formation as recorded in the main group pallasites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Quinlan, M.M., Walker, A.M. and Davies, C.J., 2023.
Dynamics in Earth's Core Arising from Thermo-Chemical Interactions with the Mantle, Davies, C. J. and Greenwood, S., In: Core-Mantle Coevolution - A multidisciplinary approach, 2023.
Indicators of mantle control on the geodynamo from observations and simulations. Frontiers in Earth Science, Korte, M., Constable, C.G., Davies, C.J. and Panovska, S., 2022.
Towards reconciling experimental and computational determinations of Earth's core thermal conductivity, Pozzo M., Alfe D., Davies C.J., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022.
Powering Earth’s ancient dynamo with silicon precipitation, Wilson A. J., Pozzo M., Alfé D, Walker A. M., Greenwood S., Pommier A., Davies C. J., Geophysical Research Letters, 2022.
Combined dynamical and morphological characterisation of geodynamo simulations, Nakagawa T., Davies C. J., Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022.
Probing the nucleation of iron in Earth's core using molecular dynamics simulations of supercooled liquids, Wilson A. J., Walker A. M., Alfé D, Davies C. J., Physical Reviews B, 2021.