40Ar retention in the terrestrial planets

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7160, 2007, Pages 299-304

  Watson, E Bruce ^a   Thomas, Jay B ^a   Cherniak, Daniele J ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ARGON ISOTOPE; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEGASSING; EXSOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; OLIVINE; ORTHOPYROXENE; SOLID EARTH; UPPER MANTLE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DIFFUSION; GAS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 34548845601     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06144     Document Type: Article

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