Experimental determination of carbon isotope fractionation between iron carbide melt and carbon: 12C-enriched carbon in the Earth's core?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 340-348

  Satish Kumar, Madhusoodhan ^a   So, Hayato ^a   Yoshino, Takashi ^b   Kato, Mutsumi ^c   Hiroi, Yoshikuni ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Core; Deep carbon cycle; Iron carbide

Indexed keywords

BULK SILICATE EARTH; CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; CARBON ISOTOPES; CORE; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARLY EARTH; EARTH'S CORE; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; IRON CARBIDE; IRON CARBIDES; IRON METEORITES; METALLIC CORES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

CARBIDES; GRAPHITE; IRON; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPES;

ACCRETION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORE (PLANETARY); DIAMOND; EARTH STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAPHITE; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SILICATE MELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80053371312     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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