Fe-Ni-S melt permeability in olivine: Implications for planetary core formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Roberts, J J ^a   Kinney, J H ^a   Siebert, J ^a   Ryerson, F J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ALLOYS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OLIVINE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LATTICE-BOLTZMANN SIMULATION; PLANETARY CORE; SYNCHROTON RADIATION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; IRON SULFIDE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MELT; NICKEL; OLIVINE; PERMEABILITY; SILICATE MINERAL; SULFUR;

EID: 34548590642     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030497     Document Type: Article

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