Activities and volatilities of trace components in silicate melts: A novel use of metal-silicate partitioning data

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 911-921

  Wood, Bernard J ^a   Wade, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities; Silicate melts; Trace elements; Volatilities

Indexed keywords

FORSTERITE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; PARTITIONING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILICATE MELT; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 84883251986     PISSN: 00107999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00410-013-0896-z     Document Type: Article

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