Textural equilibria of iron sulfide liquids in partly molten silicate aggregates and their relevance to core formation scenarios

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13555-13567

  Holzheid, Astrid ^a,b   Schmitz, Mark D ^a   Grove, Timothy L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); IRON SULFIDE;

EID: 0034631230     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900046     Document Type: Article

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