Evidence for a late chondritic veneer in the Earth's mantle from high-pressure partitioning of palladium and platinum

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6794, 2000, Pages 396-399

  Holzheid, A ^a,e   Sylvester, P ^b   O'Neill, H St C ^c   Ruble, D C ^d   Palme, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; IRIDIUM; NICKEL; OSMIUM; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHENIUM; RUTHENIUM;

CHONDRITE; HIGH PRESSURE; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PALLADIUM; PARTITIONING; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034721178     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35019050     Document Type: Article

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