Mobility of core melts during Earth's accretion

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 137-145

  Ballhaus, Chris ^a,b,c   Ellis, David J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core; Immiscibility; Magma oceans; Melts

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CORE; LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY; MAGMA OCEAN; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

EID: 0030430125     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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