Carbon solubility in core melts in a shallow magma ocean environment and distribution of carbon between the Earth's core and the mantle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4627-4641

  Dasgupta, Rajdeep ^a   Walker, David ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORE (PLANETARY); MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; SILICATE MELT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 50249136098     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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