Coupled 186Os and 187Os evidence for core-mantle interaction

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5369, 1998, Pages 1570-1573

  Brandon, Alan D ^a   Walker, Richard J ^a   Morgan, John W ^a,b   Norman, Marc D ^c   Prichard, Hazel M ^d  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OSMIUM DERIVATIVE;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; OSMIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEDIMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032486187     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5369.1570     Document Type: Article

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63. Supported by National Science Foundation grants EAR-CSEDI 968703 and EAR-CSEDI 970986. Os-Ir alloys were kindly provided by A. M Clarke of the British Museum. T. Mock is gratefully thanked for his help with the mass spectrometry. Many conversations with M. Humayun and J. Lassiter helped clarify arguments presented in this paper. We thank W. McDonough and two anonymous journal reviewers.