Heterogeneous accretion, composition and core-mantle differentiation of the Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 31-42

  Rubie, David C ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Mann, Ute ^b   Asahara, Yuki ^c   Nimmo, Francis ^d   Tsuno, Kyusei ^a   Kegler, Philip ^e   Holzheid, Astrid ^e   Palme, Herbert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

High pressure; Light elements; Magma oceans; Metal silicate equilibration; Multistage core formation

Indexed keywords

BULK COMPOSITIONS; COMPOSITIONAL EVOLUTION; CORE FORMATION; CORE-MANTLE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH'S MANTLE; EQUILIBRATION CONDITIONS; HIGH PRESSURE; IMPACTORS; ISOTOPIC STUDY; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; LIGHT ELEMENTS; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; METALLIC CORES; METALLIC LIQUID; MODEL PARAMETERS; NON-VOLATILE; OXYGEN CONTENT; OXYGEN FUGACITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REFRACTORY ELEMENTS; SILICATE LIQUIDS; SINGLE STAGE; STARTING COMPOSITION; WATER INVENTORY;

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAFNIUM; LIQUIDS; MERGING; NIOBIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TANTALUM;

TUNGSTEN;

ACCRETION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CORE ANALYSIS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HIGH PRESSURE; MAGMA; MASS BALANCE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SILICATE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650264872     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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