Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury

Namur, Olivier; Charlier, Bernard; Holtz, Francois; Cartier, Camille; McCammon, Catherine

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Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury

Namur, Olivier; Charlier, Bernard; Holtz, Francois et al.

2016 • In Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 448, p. 102-114

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MESSENGER oxygen fugacity sulfide saturation core mantle

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Namur, Olivier

Charlier, Bernard ; Université de Liège > Département de géologie > Pétrologie, géochimie endogènes et pétrophysique

Holtz, Francois

Cartier, Camille ; Université de Liège > Département de géologie > Pétrologie, géochimie endogènes et pétrophysique

McCammon, Catherine

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Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury

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2016

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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448

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102-114

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