Early earth differentiation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 225, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 253-269

  Walter, Michael J ^a   Trønnes, Reidar G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Core formation; Element partitioning; Magma ocean; Mantle geochemistry; Planetary accretion

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ASTROPHYSICS; COBALT; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON ALLOYS; NICKEL; PEROVSKITE; PLANETS; ROCKS; SILICATES; SOLAR SYSTEM; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ENERGETIC GIANTS; MANTLE ROCKS; PLANETORY EMBRYOS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CORE (PLANETARY); EARLY EARTH; FORMATION MECHANISM; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 10044244927     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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