The debate over core-mantle interaction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 211-225

  Brandon, Alan D ^a   Walker, Richard J ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Core mantle boundary; Hf W; Mantle isotope systematics; Pt Re Os

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANOES;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY (CMB); CORE-MANTLE INTERACTIONS; MAGMAS; PLUME-DERIVED MATERIALS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 17044429314     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.01.034     Document Type: Article

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