Potassium in the Earth's core?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 63-78

  Li, Jian Wei ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Paulo ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core; Density; Dynamos; Earth; High pressure; Iron sulfides; Potassium

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); IRON SULFIDE; POTASSIUM; SEPARATION; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 0036302993     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00593-9     Document Type: Article

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