The effects of nickel and sulphur on the core-mantle partitioning of oxygen in Earth and Mars

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Tsuno, Kyusei ^a   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Rubie, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary (CMB); Earth; Element partitioning; Fe Ni S; Ferropericlase; High pressure; Mars; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH; ELEMENT PARTITIONING; FE-NI-S; FERROPERICLASE; HIGH-PRESSURE; MARS;

EXPERIMENTS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON OXIDES; LIQUID METALS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NICKEL; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PLANETS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

OXYGEN;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; MARS; NICKEL; OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARTITIONING; PRESSURE EFFECT; SILICATE MINERAL; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79952313418     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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