Evolution of planetary cores and the Earth-Moon system from Nb/Ta systematics

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5629, 2003, Pages 84-87

  Münker, Carsten ^a   Pfänder, Jörg A ^a   Weyer, Stefan ^a,c   Büchl, Anette ^a,b   Kleine, Thorsten ^a   Mezger, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH-MOON SYSTEMS;

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MOON; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM;

EARTH (PLANET);

NEODYMIUM; SILICATE; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM;

CORE (PLANETARY); CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY; EARTH; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PRESSURE; MOON; NIOBIUM; PLANETARY EVOLUTION; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; TANTALUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HISTORY; HYPERBARISM; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOON; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAFNIUM; MARS; METEOROIDS; MINOR PLANETS; MOON; NIOBIUM; SILICATES; TANTALUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 2142730588     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1084662     Document Type: Article

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