Siderophile elements in silicate melts - A review of the mechanically assisted equilibration technique and the nanonugget issue

Chemical Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 119-139

  Ertel, Werner ^a   Dingwell, Donald B ^a   Sylvester, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accretion of terrestrial planets; Core mantle segregation; Experimental petrology; Highly siderophile elements solubilities; LA ICPMS and nanonuggets; Mechanically assisted equilibration technology

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT; SOLUBILITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 40849130017     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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