Early crust on top of the Earth's core

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 148, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 109-130

  Tolstikhin, Igor ^a,b   Hofmann, Albrecht W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Earth's accretion; Radioactive elements; Rare gases; Siderophile elements; Terrestrial xenology

Indexed keywords

DEGASSING; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT CONVECTION; IRON; MELTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RHEOLOGY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SILICATE MINERALS;

BULK DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY MELT FRACTION; MANTLE RESERVOIRS; SOLAR WIND;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ACCRETION; CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CONVECTION; RESERVOIR;

EID: 13144292411     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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