Hf-Nd isotope evidence for a transient dynamic regime in the early terrestrial mantle

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6777, 2000, Pages 488-490

  Albarède, Francis ^a   Blichert Toft, Janne ^a   Vervoort, Jeffrey D ^b   Gleason, James D ^a   Rosing, Minik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HAFNIUM; MANTLE; NEODYMIUM; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPLEX FORMATION; COSMOS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DYNAMICS; FRACTIONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343238359     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35006621     Document Type: Article

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