Systematics of metal-silicate partitioning for many siderophile elements applied to Earth's core formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1451-1489

  Siebert, Julien ^a,b,c   Corgne, Alexandre ^b,d   Ryerson, Frederick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d IRAP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE ANALYSIS; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FUGACITY; OXIDATION; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTITIONING; PERIDOTITE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 79951508903     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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