High-temperature equilibrium isotope fractionation of non-traditional stable isotopes: Experiments, theory, and applications

Chemical Geology

Volumn 395, Issue , 2015, Pages 176-195

  Young, Edward D ^a   Manning, Craig E ^a   Schauble, Edwin A ^a   Shahar, Anat ^b   Macris, Catherine A ^c   Lazar, Codi ^b   Jordan, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core formation; Iron; Magnesium; Silicon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOND LENGTH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MASS TRANSFER; MINERALS; SILICATES; SILICON;

CORE FORMATION; EARTH'S CORE FORMATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM FRACTIONATIONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE SYSTEMS; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; MULTI-FACETED APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE INTERPRETATION; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES;

CORE (PLANETARY); CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; EQUILIBRIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGNESIUM; SILICON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84921059265     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.12.013     Document Type: Review

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