The effects of core formation on the Pb- and Tl- isotopic composition of the silicate Earth

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 326-336

  Wood, Bernard J ^a   Nielsen, Sune G ^b   Rehkämper, Mark ^c   Halliday, Alex N ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

core formation; lead isotopes; thallium isotopes

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THALLIUM;

METAL-SILICATE PARTITIONING; TERRESTRIAL CORE FORMATION;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CORE (PLANETARY); EXTRACTION METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SILICATE; SULFIDE; THALLIUM;

EID: 43249125921     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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