Trace element partitioning in the Fe-S-C system and its implications for planetary differentiation and the thermal history of ureilites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6570-6583

  Hayden, Leslie A ^a   Van Orman, James A ^a   McDonough, William F ^b   Ash, Richard D ^b   Goodrich, Cyrena A ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; METEORITE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENT; UREILITE;

EID: 80053369107     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.08.036     Document Type: Article

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