Core formation in the Earth and Moon: New experimental constraints from V, Cr, and Mn

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2077-2091

  Chabot, Nancy L ^a   Agee, Carl B ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CHROMIUM; CORE (PLANETARY); FORMATION MECHANISM; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MANGANESE; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; VANADIUM;

EID: 0037671445     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01272-3     Document Type: Article

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