The Earth's missing lead may not be in the core

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7218, 2008, Pages 89-92

  Lagos, M ^a,b   Ballhaus, C ^a   Munker C ^a,b   Wohlgemuth Ueberwasser, C ^a,b   Berndt, J ^b   Kuzmin, Dmitry V ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; IRON; LEAD; METAL; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILICATE; SULFIDE; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

CHLORINE; CHONDRITE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MANTLE; METEORITE; MOON; SILICATE; SULFIDE; VOLATILE ELEMENT; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 55549084242     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07375     Document Type: Article

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