Metal-silicate equilibrium in a homogeneously accreting earth: New results for Re

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 541-553

  Righter, Kevin ^a   Drake, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Core; Magma oceans; Metals; Partition coefficients; Siderophile elements; Silicates

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DIFFERENTIATION; PLANETARY DEVELOPMENT; RHENIUM;

EID: 0030862966     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00243-9     Document Type: Article

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