Experimental determination of the metal/silicate partition coefficient of Germanium: Implications for core and mantle differentiation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 379-388

  Righter, K ^a   King, C ^b,c   Danielson, L ^a   Pando, K ^a   Lee, C T ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; Differentiation; Germanium; Mantle; Siderophile

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; CORE FORMATION; DIFFERENTIATION; EARTH'S MANTLE; ELECTRON MICROPROBES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GE CONCENTRATIONS; GE CONTENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; MAGMA OCEAN; MANTLE; MANTLE DIFFERENTIATION; MELT COMPOSITIONS; METALLIC LIQUID; NEW RESULTS; PARENT BODIES; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SIDEROPHILE; SILICATE MELTS; UPPER MANTLE; VOLATILE ELEMENTS;

ABLATION; BASALT; GLASS LASERS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

GERMANIUM;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GERMANIUM; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MANTLE; METAL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERIDOTITE; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 79953039188     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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