A refined solution to Earth's hidden niobium: Implications for evolution of continental crust and mode of core formation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 289-308

  Kamber, B S ^a   Greig, A ^a   Schoenberg, R ^a   Collerson, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earth; Niobium; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

IRON; NIOBIUM; SILICATE; TANTALUM;

ARCHEAN; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CORE (PLANETARY); EVOLUTION; MANTLE; NIOBIUM; SILICATE; TANTALUM;

ARCHAEAN; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; MODEL; PARAMETER; SEDIMENT;

EID: 0347481422     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00100-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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