Si in the core? New high-pressure and high-temperature experimental data

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4201-4211

  Malavergne, Valérie ^a   Siebert, Julien ^a,b   Guyot, François ^b,c   Gautron, Laurent ^a   Combes, Rossana ^a   Hammouda, Tahar ^d   Borensztajn, Stephan ^e   Frost, Dan ^f   Martinez, Isabelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^e Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE (PLANETARY); FUGACITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; OXYGEN; SILICON; STISHOVITE;

EID: 2442499895     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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