Partitioning of potassium between iron and silicate at the core-mantle boundary

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Hirao, Naohisa ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^b   Kondo, Tadashi ^b   Endo, Noriaki ^c   Kuba, Toshiko ^c   Suzuki, Toshiaki ^c   Kikegawa, Takumi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION BEAMS; IRON; LASERS; POTASSIUM; SILICATES;

ANALYTICAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (ATEM); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY (CMB); FOCUSED ION BEAM (FIB) TECHNIQUES; LASER-HEATED DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL (LHDAC); PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

EARTH (PLANET);

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; IRON; PARTITIONING; POTASSIUM; SILICATE;

EID: 33745460103     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025324     Document Type: Article

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