Niobium and tantalum in carbonaceous chondrites: Constraints on the solar system and primitive mantle niobium/tantalum, zirconium/niobium, and niobium/uranium ratios

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-235

  Jochum, K P ^a   Stolz, A J ^b   McOrist, G ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; METEORITE; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM;

EID: 0034163924     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01771.x     Document Type: Article

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