How much potassium is in the Earth's core? New insights from partitioning experiments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 567-576

  Corgne, Alexandre ^a,b   Keshav, Shantanu ^a   Fei, Yingwei ^a   McDonough, William F ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth's core; geodynamo; high pressure; metal silicate partitioning; potassium

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S CORE; GEODYNAMO; MOLTEN ALLOY;

CORE ANALYSIS; IRON ALLOYS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POTASSIUM; SILICATES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE ANALYSIS; GEODYNAMO; MAGMA; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; POTASSIUM; SILICATE MELT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 34047098779     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.012     Document Type: Article

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