The effect of oxygen and sulphur on the dihedral angle between Fe-O-S melt and silicate minerals at high pressure: Implications for Martian core formation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 379-392

  Terasaki, Hidenori ^a,b   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Rubie, David C ^a   Langenhorst, Falko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core formation; Dihedral angle; High pressure; Percolation; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICATES; DIHEDRAL ANGLE; MARTIAN MANTLE; PLANET CORES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IRON ALLOYS; MELTING; OXYGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEPARATION; SILICATES; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR; WETTING;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CORE (PLANETARY); MARS; OXYGEN; SILICATE MELT; SULFUR;

EID: 17044429711     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.01.030     Document Type: Article

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