Prediction of siderophile element metal-silicate partition coefficients to 20 GPa and 2800°C: The effects of pressure, temperature, oxygen fugacity, and silicate and metallic melt compositions

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 115-134

  Righter, K ^a   Drake, M J ^a   Yaxley, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMA OCEAN; METALLIC LIQUID; OXYGEN FUGACITY; P/T CONDITIONS; PARTITIONING; PLANETARY FORMATION; SILICATE LIQUID;

EID: 0030696065     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(96)03235-9     Document Type: Article

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