Partitioning of FeO between magnesiowüstite and liquid iron at high pressures and temperatures: Implications for the composition of the Earth's outer core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 435-449

  Asahara, Y ^a   Frost, D J ^a   Rubie, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemical differentiation; core mantle boundary; high pressure; light elements; magma ocean; oxygen solubility

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DIFFERENTIATION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CORE-MANTLE EQUILIBRIUM;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; OXYGEN; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

IRON OXIDES;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSIBILITY; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNESIOWUSTITE; OUTER CORE; OXYGEN; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTITIONING; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 34247551617     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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