Metal-silicate partitioning and constraints on core composition and oxygen fugacity during Earth accretion

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 574-589

  Corgne, Alexandre ^a,b   Keshav, Shantanu ^a,c   Wood, Bernard J ^b   McDonough, William F ^d   Fei, Yingwei ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FUGACITY; OXYGEN; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTITIONING; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 37349100880     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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