Hydrogen partitioning between iron and ringwoodite: Implications for water transport into the Martian core

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 463-470

  Shibazaki, Yuki ^a   Ohtani, Eiji ^a   Terasaki, Hidenori ^a   Suzuki, Akio ^a   Funakoshi, Ken ichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

hydrogen partitioning; iron hydride; Mars; Martian ocean; ringwoodite

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT MARS; BEAM LINES; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN RESERVOIRS; HYDROUS MINERAL; IN-SITU; IRON HYDRIDE; MAGNETIZED CRUSTS; MARS; MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR; MARTIAN OCEAN; METALLIC IRON; MULTI-ANVIL HIGH-PRESSURE APPARATUS; NEGATIVE POLARITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLATE SUBDUCTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RINGWOODITE; SOLID IRON; SPRING-8; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY RADIATION; VOLUME EXPANSION; WATER TRANSPORT;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; WATER CONTENT; X RAY APPARATUS;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARS; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PLANETARY SURFACE; RINGWOODITE; SUBDUCTION; WATER CONTENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 70350125371     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.08.034     Document Type: Article

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