Metal-silicate partitioning of Mo and W at high pressures and temperatures: Evidence for late accretion of sulphur to the Earth

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 58-74

  Wade, Jon ^a   Wood, Bernard J ^a   Tuff, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLYBDENUM; PARTITIONING; SILICATE MELT; SULFUR; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 84859888551     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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