C- and S-rich molten alloy immiscibility and core formation of planetesimals

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2409-2416

  Corgne, Alexandre ^a,b   Wood, Bernard J ^a   Fei, Yingwei ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE (PLANETARY); MELTING; PLANETESIMAL; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR;

EID: 42149175892     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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