Trace element partitioning between plagioclase and silicate melt: The importance of temperature and plagioclase composition, with implications for terrestrial and …

C Sun, M Graff, Y Liang - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Trace element partition coefficients between anorthitic plagioclase and basaltic melts (D)
have been determined experimentally at 0.6 GPa and 1350–1400° C in a lunar high-Ti …

Experimental constraints on the long-lived radiogenic isotope evolution of the Moon

JF Snape, AA Nemchin, T Johnson, S Luginbühl… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents the results of high pressure and temperature experiments to investigate
the mineral–melt trace element partitioning behaviour for minerals predicted to have formed …

Redox controls on tungsten and uranium crystal/silicate melt partitioning and implications for the U/W and Th/W ratio of the lunar mantle

ROC Fonseca, G Mallmann, P Sprung… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
The timing of core formation is essential for understanding the early differentiation history of
the Earth and the Moon. Because Hf is lithophile and W is siderophile during metal–silicate …

The effect of titanium on the partitioning behavior of high-field strength elements between silicates, oxides and lunar basaltic melts with applications to the origin of …

FP Leitzke, ROC Fonseca, LT Michely, P Sprung… - Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
A specific feature of some basaltic lunar rocks is that their TiO 2 contents can reach
concentrations as high as 16 wt.%. The high-field strength elements (HFSE) group, which …

[PDF][PDF] Partitioning and partition coefficients

C Sun - Encyclopedia of Geochemistry. Encyclopedia of Earth …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Partitioning is used in geochemistry to describe the equilibrium distribution of a chemical
species between two coexisting phases. The concentration ratio of this species between the …

[PDF][PDF] Partition coefficient as pathfinder for Uranium mineralization: Case studies from Tamperkola and Soda Granite, Singhbhum Craton, India

P Alam, S Tripathi, DK Sinha, M Agarwal - researchgate.net
Partitioning studies have been used extensively in geochemistry to understand crystal–melt
fractionation during magmatic processes, particularly for trace elements (< 0.1 wt%) …