Partitioning of Mo, P and other siderophile elements (Cu, Ga, Sn, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, V, and W) between metal and silicate melt as a function of temperature and silicate melt composition

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Righter, K ^a   Pando, K M ^a,b   Danielson, L ^a   Lee, Cin Ty ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

core; mantle; metal; partitioning; siderophile

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; KEY PARAMETERS; MAGMA OCEAN; MELT COMPOSITIONS; METAL PARTITIONING; METALLIC LIQUID; MGO CONTENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SIDEROPHILE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENTS; SILICATE MELTS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS;

CHROMIUM; GALLIUM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; SILICATES; TEMPERATURE; TIN; ZINC;

SMELTING;

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; P-T CONDITIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 76149101564     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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