The Fe-C system at 5 GPa and implications for Earth's core

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4146-4158

  Chabot, Nancy L ^a   Campbell, Andrew J ^b   McDonough, William F ^b   Draper, David S ^c   Agee, Carl B ^c   Humayun, Munir ^d   Watson, Heather C ^e   Cottrell, Elizabeth ^f   Saslow, Sarah A ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORE (PLANETARY); FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH PRESSURE; INNER CORE; IRON; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE EFFECT; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 48449096361     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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