The Earth's lower mantle and core

Elements

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Fiquet, Guillaume ^a   Guyot, François ^a   Badro, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Chondrites; Core; Differentiation; Mantle

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); METEORITES; SILICATES;

CHONDRITES; CORE; CORE COMPOSITION; CRITICAL MINERALS; CRUSTAL ROCKS; EARTH MODELS; EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE; MANTLE;

MINERALS;

CHONDRITE; CORE (PLANETARY); DIFFERENTIATION; LOWER MANTLE; METEORITE; MODELING;

EID: 48749105781     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/GSELEMENTS.4.3.177     Document Type: Article

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