Redox state during core formation on asteroid 4-Vesta

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 373, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-82

  Pringle, Emily A ^a   Savage, Paul S ^a   Badro, James ^b   Barrat, Jean Alix ^c   Moynier, Frédéric ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Core formation; Eucrites; Silicon isotopes; Vesta

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORE FORMATION; EUCRITES; HIGH-PRECISION MEASUREMENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; SILICON ISOTOPES; VESTA;

ISOTOPES; METEORITES; PLANETS; SILICATES; SILICON;

ASTEROIDS;

ASTEROID; CORE (PLANETARY); EUCRITE; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUGACITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRECISION; PRESSURE FIELD; REDOX CONDITIONS; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SILICON;

EID: 84879124336     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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