Determining the composition of the Earth

Nature

Volumn 416, Issue 6876, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Drake, Michael J ^a   Righter, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ISOTOPES; METEORITES; OXYGEN; PLANETS;

PLANETARY SCIENCES;

EARTH (PLANET);

ALUMINUM; ELEMENT; ISOTOPE; MAGNESIUM; OSMIUM; OXYGEN; SILICON; XENON;

ACHONDRITE; CHONDRITE; EARTH STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MANTLE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037034875     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/416039a     Document Type: Review

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