A new convection-fractionation model for the evolution of the principal geochemical reservoirs of the Earth's mantle

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 211-256

  Walzer, Uwe ^a   Hendel, Roland ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convection; Earth's mantle; Fractionation

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; MANTLE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033574366     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(99)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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