The Effect of Pressure on Sulfide Melt Distribution in Partially Molten Silicate Aggregates: Implications to Core Formation Scenarios for Terrestrial Planets
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AGGREGATES: IMPLICATIONS TO CORE FORMATION SCENARIOS FOR TERRESTRIAL PLANETS. A. Holzheid, P. Balog and D. C. Rubie, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 24, D-48149 Münster, Germany, [email protected], Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany, [email protected], Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D70569 Stuttgart, Germany, [email protected].
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تاریخ انتشار 2003