Siderophile trace elements in metals and sulfides in enstatite achondrites record planetary differentiation in an enstatite chondritic parent body

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 272-291

  van Acken, D ^a,b,c   Humayun, M ^d   Brandon, A D ^a   Peslier, A H ^b,e  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JACOBS TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PARENT BODY; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 84858291010     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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