Pressure-temperature cartography of Fe-S-Si immiscible system

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3659-3667

  Morard, G ^a,b   Katsura, T ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; CHONDRITE; CORE (PLANETARY); IMMISCIBLE FLUID; IRON; P-T CONDITIONS; PLANETESIMAL; SILICON; SULFUR;

EID: 77952885507     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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