High-precision 142Nd/144Nd measurements in terrestrial rocks: Constraints on the early differentiation of the Earth's mantle

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-191

  Caro, Guillaume ^a,c   Bourdon, Bernard ^a   Birck, Jean Louis ^a   Moorbath, Stephen ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DATING METHOD; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE;

EID: 29444460075     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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