Inference on the nature and the mass of Earth's late veneer from noble metals and gases

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Dauphas, Nicolas ^a   Marty, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bombardment; Earth; Life; Mass; Nature; Origin

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; IMPACT; MASS BALANCE; MICROFOSSIL; NOBLE GAS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; PRECAMBRIAN;

EID: 0037176373     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001je001617     Document Type: Article

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