The split fate of the early Earth, Mars, Venus, and Moon

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 14-15, 2007, Pages 917-927

  Albarède, Francis ^a   Blichert Toft, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Early atmosphere; Early hydrosphere; Early life; Earth; Gravity; Magma ocean; Mars; Moon; Plagioclase; Planetary differentiation; Venus

Indexed keywords

EARLY EARTH; GRAVITY; HYDROSPHERE; MARS; MOON; SOLAR SYSTEM; VENUS;

EID: 36749082869     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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