Core formation and chemical equilibrium in the Earth - I. Physical considerations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 61-79

  Karato, Shun Ichiro ^a   Murthy, V Rama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0002611205     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03232-3     Document Type: Article

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