Partitioning of moderately siderophile elements among olivine, silicate melt, and sulfide melt: Constraints on core formation in the Earth and Mars

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1829-1846

  Gaetani, Glenn A ^a,b   Grove, Timothy L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE FORMATION; OLIVINE; PARTITIONING; PLANETARY DEVELOPMENT; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT; SULPHIDE MELT;

EID: 0030854222     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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