Carbon solution and partitioning between metallic and silicate melts in a shallow magma ocean: Implications for the origin and distribution of terrestrial carbon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 102, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-212

  Dasgupta, Rajdeep ^a   Chi, Han ^a   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^c   Buono, Antonio S ^b   Walker, David ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON CYCLE; FUGACITY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; P-T CONDITIONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICATE MELT;

EID: 84872240850     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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