Partitioning of Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Ir and Pt between liquid metal and silicate at high pressures and high temperatures - Implications for the origin of highly siderophile element concentrations in the Earth's mantle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 84, Issue , 2012, Pages 593-613

  Mann, Ute ^a,b   Frost, Daniel J ^a   Rubie, David C ^a   Becker, Harry ^c   Audétat, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUGACITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRIDIUM; LEAD; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; RHODIUM; RUTHENIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 84859264318     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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