The influence of silicate melt composition on distribution of siderophile elements among metal and silicate liquids

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 463-472

  Jana, Dipayan ^a,b   Walker, David ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Materials Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Core; Partitioning; Siderophile elements

Indexed keywords

LIQUID METAL; PARTITIONING; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 0031419155     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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