Experimental study of platinum solubility in silicate melt to 14 GPa and 2273 K: Implications for accretion and core formation in Earth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2591-2602

  Ertel, Werner ^a   Walter, Michael J ^b   Drake, Michael J ^c   Sylvester, Paul J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CORE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PLATINUM; SILICATE MELT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33748657381     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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