Cosmochemical constraints on the sulfur content in the Earth's core

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1125-1130

  Dreibus, Gerlind ^a   Palme, Herbert ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE; COSMOCHEMISTRY; METEORITE; SOLAR NEBULA; SULPHUR; VOLATILITY;

EID: 0029752756     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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