Wetting of mantle olivine by sulfide melt: Implications for Re/Os ratios in mantle peridotite and late-stage core formation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 147-163

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

^a Atmosph Planet Sci M ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Core; Melts; Olivine; Re Os; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

FUGACITY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MELT; OLIVINE; OXYGEN;

EID: 0033617637     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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