New Ni and Co metal-silicate partitioning data and their relevance for an early terrestrial magma ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 28-40

  Kegler, Ph ^a,b   Holzheid, A ^a   Frost, D J ^c   Rubie, D C ^c   Dohmen, R ^d   Palme, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

core formation; early Earth; metal silicate partitioning; siderophile elements

Indexed keywords

CORE FORMATION; METAL-SILICATE EQUILIBRATION; TERRESTRIAL MAGMA OCEAN;

COBALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; NICKEL; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

GEOPHYSICS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COBALT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; NICKEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE;

EID: 40649126309     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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