Sulfur and phosphorus in the Earth's core: The Fe-P-S system at 23 GPa

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Stewart, Andrew J ^a   Schmidt, Max W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTECTICS; PHOSPHORUS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

EUTECTIC POINT; PLANETARY CORE;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE (PLANETARY); IRON; MELTING; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SOLUBILITY; SULFUR;

EID: 34548658529     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030138     Document Type: Article

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