A crystallizing dense magma ocean at the base of the Earth's mantle

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7171, 2007, Pages 866-869

  Labrosse, S ^a   Hernlund, J W ^b,d   Coltice, N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM;

CHONDRITE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; GEODYNAMO; HEAT PRODUCTION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAGMA; MANTLE; MELTING; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SEA; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 36849026015     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06355     Document Type: Article

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