Metal-silicate partitioning of siderophile elements and core formation in the early Earth

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 135-174

  Righter, Kevin ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Differentiation; Equilibrium; Mantle; Planetary interiors

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; PLANETS; SILICATES;

MAGMAS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ACCRETION; CORE (PLANETARY); METAL; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE;

EID: 0141570631     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.145451     Document Type: Article

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