Melting boundary of Fe-17%Si up to 5.5 GPa and the timing of core formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-266

  Yang, Haitao ^a   Secco, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

CORE FORMATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRODE MATERIAL; METAL PHASE; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; THERMAL PROFILES;

MELTING;

CORE (PLANETARY); EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; IRON SILICATE; MELTING;

EID: 0033556631     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900292     Document Type: Article

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