Trapped melt in IIIAB irons; solid/liquid elemental partitioning during the fractionation of the IIIAB magma

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2875-2889

  Wasson, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; IRON METEORITE; MAGMA; PARTITIONING;

EID: 0033373513     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00283-5     Document Type: Article

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